title: Recognition, regulation, scope of practice: nurse practitioners' growing pains.
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Mary Ellen
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Roberts
mesh_terms: D033161:Government Regulation; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012933:Social Identification; D012938:Social Perception; D014481:United States