Allowing nurse practitioners full practice authority may help diversify the workforce and increase access to primary care, according to experts, but there are many factors in the benefit-risk balance to consider.
April Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, told Healio that the United States’ 355,000 nurse practitioners (NPs) work in every health care setting and can perform a variety of services, including ordering, supervising and interpreting diagnostic tests; prescribing medications and other treatments; diagnosing