Decades of practice and research suggest that nurse practitioners (NPs) provide cost-
effective and high-quality care. Managed care's emphasis on prevention and cost savings …

Purpose: To explore the attitudes of nurse practitioners (NPs) toward managed care and to
identify the sources of negative attitudes and the factors that may ameliorate them. Data …

When nurse practitioners (NPs) work to expand their scope of practice through state
legislatures, the opposing lobbying groups are often physician-led organizations. The main …

Thirty-four of 67 MCOs in New York and Connecticut responded to requests for information
on the roles, participation, and listing of nurse practitioners as primary care providers or in …

When lawmakers and insurers ask nurse practitioners how NPs differ from physicians and
why they should be incorporated into patient care systems, NPs answer that they are better …

Introduction The current shortage of physicians in the United States has potential to
dramatically limit access to healthcare. Nurse practitioners (NPs) can provide a cost-effective …

Purpose: To explore how nurses in one US state perceived that managed care influenced
professional nursing in that state. The nursing community is challenged to move with haste …

Purpose: Nurse practitioners (NPs) in Ontario, Canada, experience many barriers to practice
that negatively influence their ability to increase access to comprehensive primary …

Background: Policy makers, health care organizations, and health professionals are calling
for the expansion of the nurse practitioner (NP) workforce in primary care to ensure access …

Revisiting scope of practice (SOP) policies for nurse practitioners (NPs) is necessary in the
evolving primary care environment with goals to provide timely access, improve quality, and …