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This study looks at trends in state scope-of-practice regulations.

This article discusses the impact of differing scope of practice legislations on healthcare delivery and utilization. Overall, the study found that states with expanded practice fro NPs experienced increased healthcare utilization by patients and improved healthcare delivery.

This resource is a research study analyzing the differences in cost and pediatric patient outcomes between hospital teams run by residents alone, PNP's alone and PNP/MD teams. Overall, the researches concluded that incorporating PNP's into hospital care can reduce costs for patients requiring certain treatments as well as provide care that is comparable to the care given by medical residents.