New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation making New York the 25th state in the country to grant nurse practitioners (NP) full authority to practice medicine. NPs are now able to evaluate, test, diagnose, and prescribe medications for patients without having to sign a contract with a “supervising physician”. That requirement, which was waived by New York and several other states when the COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed accessibility to medical care, has [...]
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