What are advanced practice nurses?
Advanced practice nurses are professional nurses with specialty training, usually at the master’s level, in primary or acute care. There are approximately 100,000 advanced practice nurses in the United States. In recent years, state legislatures have broadened the authority of nurse practitioners to receive direct payment and to write prescriptions. As a result, these practitioners can establish independent practices that parallel those of primary care physicians. Nurse practitioners can also establish collaborative practices in which doctors and nurses share clinical responsibilities.
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