Ask an NP – Full Practice Authority

00:01 So my experiences with full practice authority for nurse practitioner have only ever been under the lens of I've always worked in a state where I needed a physician with me while I was working.

00:14 And I have maybe views that are like controversial in the nurse practitioner space on it, but I don't think any nurse practitioner out of the gate should have full practice authority.

00:24 I think it should be something that's watched for, you know, a few 1000 hours, and then maybe we can look at it and say, Hey, yes, you seem safe.

00:32 Before going forward, I think there should probably be a different type of board exam that you take years into practice before you can get your final seal of approval of hey, go forth and be independent.

00:43 But that's also a unique opinion amongst many of my peers.