Health policy concerns for the acute care nurse practitioner

Given that the price of providing health care for the nation's citizens is ever increasing, the health care industry has been forced to look for high-quality practitioners at a fraction of the price of physician-based health care. This report provides a brief synopsis of pertinent health care policies and publications relevant to acute and critical care patient environments, which drive practice issues that affect the acute care nurse practitioner. Copyright (C) 2001 by W.B. Saunders Company.