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Scope-of-Practice Regulation and Nurse Practitioners as Usual Source of Care Providers

Author(s): 

Ying Xue, Teraisa Mullaney, Brian Smith, Xueya Cai, and Joanne Spetz

Date: 
Oct 2020
Source: 
Journal of Nursing Regulation

Several trends suggest that the nurse practitioner (NP) workforce has untapped potential to expand healthcare capacity to increase access to care. The aim of this study was to examine NPs as usual source of care providers and investigate their relationship with state scope-of-practice regulations.