Nurse practitioners are trained as specialists in areas such as family care, pediatrics, or geriatrics. What do most states give them the right to do?
A) Treat patients without physician oversight
B) Admit patients to a hospital
C) Write prescriptions
D) Perform surgery independently
Ans: C
Feedback: In most states, nurse practitioners have prescriptive authority and may receive direct Medicare reimbursement. Most states do not allow nurse practitioners to treat patients without physician oversight, nurse practitioners admit patients to the hospital under the care of a physician, nurse practitioners do not perform surgery independently.
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