Nurse practitioner's business practice and legal guide
By: Carolyn Buppert, CRNP, JD, Attorney, Boulder, Colorado
Edition: Fifth edition.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Burlington, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 515
ISBN-13: 9781284050912; 9781284042276
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Nursing; Practice; Nurse practitioners; Legal status, laws; Nurse Practitioners; Legislation & jurisprudence; Standards; Practice Management; Organization & administration; Risk Management; Methods
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is a nurse practitioner?; title: Legal scope of nurse practitioner practice; title: State regulation of nurse practitioner practice; title: Federal regulation of the nurse practitioner profession; title: Prescribing; title: Hospital privileges; title: Negligence and malpractice; title: Risk management; title: Reimbursement for nurse practitioner services; title: The employed nurse practitioner; title: Practice ownership : legal business considerations for the nurse practitioner owner; title: Lawmaking and health policy; title: Promoting the profession to the public; title: Standards of care for nurse practitioner practice; title: Measuring nurse practitioner performance; title: Resolving ethical dilemmas; title: Strategies for NPs.