Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice & Legal Guide (Hardcover)

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Revolution in the health care delivery system and recent legislative and regulatory changes have created opportunities for the nurse practitioner that didn't exist five years ago. NPs are starting their own practices, hiring employees, getting hospital admitting privileges, carrying their own panels of patients within group practices, and being employed by a variety of health care providers. This new latitute opens up uncharted territory for NPs, with regard to both legal and business-related matters. Complex and varied regulations regarding reimbursement and prescribing privileges, employment law, general and professional liability, employment contracts, and so on necessitate an authoriative, timely resource to supply this fast-growing provider segment with the information it needs to survive and prosper. Make no mistake about it. You need legal guidance and business solutions specifically for NPs- not RNs, PAs, or physicians. Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide focuses-- specifically and in-depth-on the legal and business issues that NPs face. Written by a nurse practitioner who is also a practicing attorney, this book provides the unique point of view of an author who knows what legal and business problems arise on a daily basis. Buppert draws her knowledge from the law, actual legal cases, and her own personal experience in starting and operating her business, and assisting NPs in setting up their own practices.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 492 pages
• Publisher: Aspen Publishers (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763731633
• ISBN-13: 978-0763731632
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,131,933 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Informative, helpful, June 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide (Hardcover)

This book is a great way to access state-by-state information related to NP practice. I do recommend that readers not solely rely on its information. They should still contact each state's board of nursing. I found discrepancies between Ms. Buppert's requirements for practice in Ohio and actual law.

Overall, I highly recommend this book to both NP students and clinicians.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2nd edition, January 27, 2004

By	"nturnham" (Dothan, AL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide, Second Edition (Hardcover)

I found Carolyn Buppert's second edition of Business Practice and Legal Guide to be very helpful. The additional chapters are useful for my practice and for research on a state wide level. I would recommend this book to nurse practitioners and students of the profession. It is proving to be a valuable resource for improving NP practice in Alabama. Be sure to get the second edition (2003/2004)as the first was published in 1995.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Information is outdated, January 21, 2004

By	Wendy Edwards (Franklin, WI United States) - See all my reviews

As a grad student interested in starting my own practice upon graduation, I found this book to be useless. It has been reprinted by another publishing company and its original copyright date is 1999. Between then and now - 2004 - a lot of things have changed. Therefore, I would recommend that anyone who requires current information should look elsewhere. This is a very expensive book as is not helpful at all!!!