title: Which credentials should nursing adopt as standard? NP should be the only credential used in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Knudtson
mesh_terms: D000004:Abbreviations as Topic; D003406:Credentialing / Q000592:standards; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000592:standards*; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States