title: Making "cents" of the business side of nurse practitioner practice.
abstract: Nurse practitioners produce excellent patient outcomes and should be allowed to practice to the full extent of their education and training. In addition to clinical skills, nurse practitioners need to understand the business side of practice in order to ensure fair and equitable compensation.
authors.affiliation: AtNena Luster-Tucker is an assistant professor, Graduate Nursing, at Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, La.
authors.forename: AtNena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Luster-Tucker
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000191:economics*; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*