This essential book covers business and legal issues ranging from negotiating an employment contract to establishing an independently owned nurse practitioner practice. Each section builds on the last and provides greater detail from a legal standpoint, plus it describes what resources and options are available to the nurse practitioner after graduation and beyond. Written for the student, graduate, and practicing nurse practitioner, Business and Legal Essentials for Nurse Practitioners outlines the necessary steps to eventual practice ownership.Provides an overview of advanced practice including the scope of Nurse Practitioner practice and prescriptive authority.Covers details involved in owning a practice, including advantages and disadvantages, identifying various practice needs, and the legal issues of reimbursement and credentialing.Explains business plans in detail, including important information regarding insurance, administration, support, physical space, and technology needs.Provides a range of information on alternate types of nurse practitioner businesses.Describes HIPAA and its effect on the nurse practitioner practice.Includes effective marketing strategies needed to promote a new or existing practice and make it a success.
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