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July 22, 2021

Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice Laws and Opioid Prescribing

A study examining approximately 1.5 billion individual opioid prescriptions conducted between 2011 and 2018 found a decrease in the total amount of opioids prescribed by independent NPs. The authors interpret this finding as supporting a policy to allow NPs to practice independently.