Business and legal essentials for nurse practitioners: from negotiating your first job through owning a practice cuts across all nurse practitioner settings and addresses the Important legal and business considerations for students, graduates, and practicing nurse practitioners.
• The scope of the nurse p practitioner practice
• The future Doctor of Nursing practice
• Prescriptive authority
• HIPAA and Its impact on the industry
• Rural health and other alternate business opportunities
• Academic practice and nursing centers
• Health information technology
• Performance measures to manage quality of care