The advanced nurse practitioner wishes to obtain admitting privileges at an area hospital. To whom should this nurse apply for these privileges?
1. The individual hospital
2. The state board of health
3. The Joint Commission for Accrediting Healthcare Organizations
4. The state board of medicine
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Rationale: Institutions grant the privileges for individuals to practice in their facility. This privilege granting is governed by the institution based on a set of credentials that are determined by a designated peer group practicing in that institution. JCAHO, the state, or the state board of medicine may recommend guidelines for credentialing, but the individual hospitals control the granting of privileges to an individual practitioner.
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