title: Analysis & commentary. Unleashing nurse practitioners' potential to deliver primary care and lead teams.
abstract: Highly skilled primary care is a hallmark of high-performing health care systems. We examine nurse practitioners' role in delivering primary care and the effects of current restrictions on their ability to practice. By resolving differences between states' individual scope-of-practice regulations, we can fully benefit from the skills of advanced-practice nurses in all fifty states. We recommend substantive changes in the way health care professionals in all disciplines are trained, and in their roles, so that patients can receive appropriate and cost-effective care from skilled and fully functional health care teams.
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. jpohl@umich.edu
authors.forename: Joanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pohl
authors.forename: Charlene
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hanson
authors.forename: Jamesetta A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Newland
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cronenwett
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000592:standards; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce