Role Of A Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioners are important members of team care. These practitioners are utilized more with the enactment go the ACA and predicted physician shortages. As the baby boomers age and present with a long list of medical illness, the requirements of longer patient engagement are prevalent. Currently, the amount of time a physician spends with a patient has decreased with the quality of care arguably scrutinized. This time crunch leaves a gap in quality and increases the quantity of patients seen. Time constraints compromise patient workload and quality of care if gaps are unaddressed. To fill the gap, nurse practitioner has become the primary provider instead nurse educators of patients. Some nurse practitioner responsibilities and scope