The relationship of nursing practice laws to suicide and homicide rates: a longitudinal analysis of US states from 2012 to 2016

• Main Authors: Kristen R. Choi (Author), Sae Takada (Author), Altaf Saadi (Author), Molly C. Easterlin (Author), Liza S. Buchbinder (Author), Shaw Natsui (Author), Frederick J. Zimmerman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Nursing resources can have a protective effect on patient outcomes, but nurses and nursing scope of practice have not been studied in relation to injury outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine whether scope of practice and ease of practice laws for nurse practitioners...