A Failed Industry Experiment in Health Care: The Risks of Overreliance on Nurse Practitioners
As policymakers evaluate potential changes to scope-of-practice laws, it is critical to ground those decisions in real-world outcomes—particularly in high-acuity settings where clinical decisions carry significant risk. A recent report from Bloomberg Businessweek, “What Happens When U.S. Hospitals Binge on Nurse Practitioners,” raises serious concerns about the growing reliance on nurse practitioners (NPs) to independently […]