How State Scope-of-Practice Policies Impact NP Care

Am J Nurs. 2020 Sep;120(9):21-22. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000697604.30231.b0.

¹ Lauren N. Taylor is an Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education fellow and Siobhan Gilchrist is an IHRC, Inc., public health policy analyst, both in the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta. Contact author: Lauren N. Taylor, lmn7@cdc.gov. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Abstract

Three projects examine the effect of NP practice acts on access to health care.