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California bill would grant full practice authority to nurse practitioners
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31796
Subject(s) - licensure , nurse practitioners , economic shortage , nursing , health authority , work (physics) , practice nurse , medicine , political science , health care , family medicine , law , primary care , government (linguistics) , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , engineering
A California bill that would give full practice authority to nurse practitioners (NPs), including psychiatric specialists, to work to the full extent of their training and education has been introduced to address a shortage of health care providers, especially in rural and underserved areas. To date, nearly half of states and U.S. territories have adopted full practice authority licensure laws for NPs.