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Nurse Practitioner's Business Practice and Legal Guide, Fourth Edition

Author(s): Carolyn Buppert, CRNP, JD, Attorney, Bethesda, Maryland
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763799748
  • Hardcover    520 pages      © 2012
Price: International Sales $132.95 US List
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Overview

Now in its Fourth Edition, best-selling Nurse Practitioner’s Business Practice and Legal Guide continues to provide a solid foundation for students and practicing nurses to build confident and effective practices. A must-have resource for every new or current Nurse Practitioner (NP), it defines what an NP is and does while explaining the legal scope with specific state and federal regulations.

Completely updated and revised with crucial state-by-state appendices, Nurse Practitioner’s Business Practice and Legal Guide, Fourth Edition offers expert insights on prescribing, hospital privileges, negligence and malpractice, risk management, health policy, ethics, and measuring NP performance. Further, it addresses important issues such as:

  • Developing an employment relationship
  • Undertaking a business venture
  • Giving testimony before the state legislature
  • Composing a letter to an insurance company about an unpaid bill
  • Teaching at a school of nursing
  • Serving as president of a state or national organization

Includes a CD-ROM with customizable evaluation forms and plans!

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Preface  
  Chapter 1  What Is a Nurse Practitioner?
  Chapter 2  Legal Scope of Nurse Practitioner Practice
  Chapter 3  State Regulation of Nurse Practitioner Practice
  Chapter 4  Federal Regulation of the Nurse Practitioner Profession
  Chapter 5  Prescribing
  Chapter 6  Hospital Privileges
  Chapter 7  Negligence and Malpractice
  Chapter 8  Risk Management
  Chapter 9  Reimbursement for Nurse Practitioner Services
  Chapter 10  The Employed Nurse Practitioner
  Chapter 11  Practice Ownership: Legal Business Considerations for the Nurse Practitioner Owner
  Chapter 12  Lawmaking and Health Policy
  Chapter 13  Promoting the Profession to the Public
  Chapter 14  Standards of Care for Nurse Practitioner Practice
  Chapter 15  Measuring Nurse Practitioner Performance
  Chapter 16  Resolving Ethical Dilemmas
  Chapter 17  Strategies for NPs
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Carolyn Buppert, CRNP, JD-Attorney, Bethesda, Maryland

Expert advice from a highly qualified author…

Carolyn Buppert, MSN, JD, ANP, is uniquely qualified to provide expert, practical business and legal guidance to NP, prospective NPs, and those who employ them.  She currently maintains a legal practice specializing in legal and business issues in primary care.  She is president of Better Life in Health Care Systems, which contracts with businesses for NP services.  She also practices as an NP as Director of Student Health at St. John’s College in Bethesda, MD.

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  • “…an invaluable resource for NP students. Dr. Buppert's clear and concise discussion of scope of practice, employment issues and the new information on independent practice is exactly what we are looking for as a good 'launching into practice' text. [Further], the CD containing Power Point slides for each chapter was a wonderful surprise in the 4th edition.”
    - Deborah Dunn, EdD, MSN, GNP-BC, ACNS-BC Professor Nurse Practitioner Program Director College of Nursing and Health Madonna University

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