California Nurse Practice Act (NPA): Prescriptive Authority
Collaborative Agreement Requirement California’s NPA policy does not require Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, including Nurse Practitioners, to maintain a collaborative relationship with a physician. This can be interpreted as a fact that NPs in California have full practice authority and, respectively, are self-authorized for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patients without the supervision of ... Read More
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