Nurse pactitioners' substitution for physicians

Background: To deal with a physician shortage and reduce salary costs, nurse practitioners (NPs) are seeing increasing numbers of patients especially in primary care. In Arizona, SB1473 has been introduced in the state legislature which would expand the scope of practice for NPs and nurse anesthetis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robbins RA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona Thoracic Society 2016-02-01
Series:Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.swjpcc.com/general-medicine/2016/2/18/nurse-practitioners-substitution-for-physicians.html