Fierce Healthcare January 18, 2023
States that allow nurse practitioners full practice authority find that doing so might encourage Black Medicare beneficiaries to use healthcare services more often, according to a study in Policy, Politics and Nursing Practice.
Occupational licensing experts with West Virginia University (WVU) focused on Black, Asian and Hispanic communities across the U.S. and compared the backgrounds of those patients with the NPs that serve them.
They found that racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented in the NP field, which is the case with most professional healthcare fields. However, the researchers found that NPs better reflect the diversity of patient populations in states permitting full practice authority, and that Black and Asian NPs serve more Black Medicare beneficiaries...
Today's Sponsors
Today's Sponsor