Autonomous nurse practitioners in Florida frequently practice outside their legal scope of primary care: a cross-sectional study
Our study provides strong evidence that many autonomous NPs in Florida have established specialty practices and other services not within the legal scope of practice of Florida law. Stricter enforcement of NP practice within the scope of training and legislation is needed.
Authors
- Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9949-7795)
- Phillip Shaffer
- Rebekah Bernard
- Sharon L D’Souza
- Carmen M Kavali
Institutions
- Association for Institutional Research (US)
- Luke Neuhedel Foundation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Family Practice
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/cmaf104
- Primary Topic
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00