Impact of the Nurse Practitioner

Every year The Pearson Report by Linda J. Pearson

"enables Nurse Practitioners (NPs), policymakers and other health care professionals to understand and appreciate the major impact that NPs have had on health care in the United States, as well as a to compare and contrast NP practice realities in all 50 states and DC."

To access the 2010 state-by-state national overview of nurse practitioner legislation and healthcare issues click on the post title, to take you to the website for the American Journal for Nurse Practitioners[$].

Scope of Practice Laws in Health Care: Rethinking the Role of Nurse Practitioners

"The UCSF Center for the Health Professions have produced several items that examine the results of a national survey of NP scope of practice laws, recent legislative attempts to rework California's statutes, and opportunities for expanding California's use of NPs to address physician shortages and rising health care costs."
Click on title to access the resources.