State nurse practitioner practice regulations and US health care delivery outcomes: a systematic review

BK Yang, ME Johantgen, AM Trinkoff… - … Care Research and …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
There is a great variation across states in nurse practitioner (NP) scope of practice
moderated by state regulations. The purpose of this study was to synthesize the evidence …

The untapped potential of the nurse practitioner workforce in reducing health disparities

L Poghosyan, JMB Carthon - Policy, Politics, & Nursing …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The growing nurse practitioner (NP) workforce represents a significant supply of primary
care providers, who if optimally utilized, are well-positioned to improve access to health care …

Rural and nonrural primary care physician practices increasingly rely on nurse practitioners

H Barnes, MR Richards, MD McHugh, G Martsolf - Health Affairs, 2018 - healthaffairs.org
The use of nurse practitioners (NPs) in primary care is one way to address growing patient
demand and improve care delivery. However, little is known about trends in NP presence in …

Four challenges facing the nursing workforce in the United States

PI Buerhaus, LE Skinner, DI Auerbach… - Journal of Nursing …, 2017 - Elsevier
Four challenges face the nursing workforce of today and tomorrow: the aging of the baby
boom generation, the shortage and uneven distribution of physicians, the accelerating rate …

COVID 19: An unprecedented opportunity for nurse practitioners to reform healthcare and advocate for permanent full practice authority

CH Stucky, WJ Brown, MG Stucky - Nursing Forum, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic ushered in a new era for
advanced practice registered nurses, as emergency regulatory and policy changes …

Geographic variation in spatial accessibility of US healthcare providers

KB Naylor, J Tootoo, O Yakusheva, SA Shipman… - Plos one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Growing physician maldistribution and population demographic shifts have
contributed to large geographic variation in healthcare access and the emergence of …

Full scope-of-practice regulation is associated with higher supply of nurse practitioners in rural and primary care health professional shortage counties

Y Xue, V Kannan, E Greener, JA Smith, J Brasch… - Journal of Nursing …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Access to quality primary care is challenging for rural populations and
individuals residing in primary care health professional shortage areas (HPSAs). The ability …

Quality of primary care provided to Medicare beneficiaries by nurse practitioners and physicians

P Buerhaus, J Perloff, S Clarke, M O'Reilly-Jacob… - Medical care, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To examine differences in the quality of care provided by primary care nurse
practitioners (PCNPs), primary care physicians (PCMDs), or both clinicians. Data Sources …

Rural–urban differences in access to primary care: beyond the usual source of care provider

JB Kirby, KR Yabroff - American journal of preventive medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction In the US, rural residents have poorer health than urban residents and this
disadvantage is growing. Therefore, it is important to understand rural–urban differences in …

Impact of nurse practitioner practice regulations on rural population health outcomes

J Ortiz, R Hofler, A Bushy, Y Lin, A Khanijahani… - Healthcare, 2018 - mdpi.com
Background: For decades, US rural areas have experienced shortages of primary care
providers. Nurse practitioners (NPs) are helping to reduce that shortage. However, NP …