Why an Independent NP Practice Requires an Undergraduate Business Foundation
Ultimately, while clinical training teaches nurses how to care for patients within a system, business education empowers them to design, protect, and scale the system.
Ultimately, while clinical training teaches nurses how to care for patients within a system, business education empowers them to design, protect, and scale the system.
The patient's voice should be an entry point and not a barrier to better compliance and health outcomes. A nurse practitioner outlines a protocol for a frank exam-room exchange that sustains cultural humility.
As retail disruptors like CVS, Walgreens and Amazon buy more and more primary care assets, the healthcare industry is seeing an increased demand for physicians and advanced practitioners. In the case of nurse practitioners, this rise in demand is also boosting their salaries. Physicians' starting salaries have remained relatively flat, but their average signing bonus grew.
A contentious debate regarding whether or not nurse practitioners should have more freedom and be less tethered to doctors continues as lawmakers in Pennsylvania spark discussion.