Hiring a nurse practitioner: What's in it for the physician?

Nurse Pract. 2013 Nov 10;38(11):41-5. doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000435783.63014.1c.

Abstract

A solution to the increased demand for primary care providers is to hire a nurse practitioner (NP). Hiring an NP in a primary care practice has numerous advantages for physicians. This article will discuss those advantages and clarify perceived disadvantages to hiring an NP in the primary care setting.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Attitude of Health Personnel*
  • Cooperative Behavior
  • Humans
  • Nurse Practitioners*
  • Personnel Selection*
  • Physicians, Primary Care / psychology*
  • Physicians, Primary Care / supply & distribution
  • Primary Health Care / economics
  • Primary Health Care / organization & administration*
  • United States