title: A business for profit can help the NP role.
abstract: Nurses are entering the business world in increasing numbers. A nurse practitioner service operated by a nurse practitioner is one business that appears to be valuable in increasing the utilization of NPs and in strengthening the role. A nurse practitioner service was started in March 1982 in Southern California. It was started because of a strong desire to strengthen the role of the nurse practitioner, and to have the experience of a nurse starting and operating a business. The business is now in its third year of service. It has grown steadily. Its growth pattern strongly indicates that the role of the nurse practitioner increasingly accepted as being used in more and more practice setting.
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000458:organization & administration*