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continuing full practice authority for primary care nurse practitioners  \nPermalink  \n[https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6rs9t0tr](https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6rs9t0tr)  \nJournal  \nNursing Outlook, 70(1)  \nISSN  \n0029-6554  \nAuthors  \nPoghosyan, Lusine  \nPulcini, Joyce Chan, Garrett Ket al.  \nPublication Date  \n2022  \nDOI  \n10.1016/j.outlook.2021.07.012  \nPeer reviewed  \n[eScholarship.org](eScholarship.org) Powered by the California Digital Library  \nUniversity of California  \nSince January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID- 19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website.  \nElsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre-including this research content- immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre  \nremains active.  \nState responses to COVID-19: Potential benefits of continuing full practice authority for primary care  \nnurse practitioners  \nLusine Poghosyan, PhD, MPH, RNa,\\#,*, Joyce Pulcini, PhD, PNP-BC, FAANPb,\\#, Garrett K. Chan, PhD, NP, CNSc,\\#, Lynne Dunphy, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANd,\\#, Grant R. Martsolf, PhD, MPH, RNe,\\#, Karen Greco, PhD, ANP-BC, FAANPf,\\#,  \nBarbara A. Todd, DNP, ACNP-BC, FAANPg,\\#,  \nSandra C. Brown, DNS, APRN, FNP-BCh,\\#, Margaret Fitzgerald, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-Ci,\\#, Amy L. McMenamin, BSN, RN, CENj, P. Ann Solari-Twadell, PhD, MPA, RNk,\\#  \naColumbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY  \nbGeorge Washington University School of Nursing, Ashburn, VA  \ncUniversity of California, San Francisco, CA  \ndFlorida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL  \neUniversity of Pittsburgh School Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA  \nfNurse Practitioner, Oregon City, OR  \ngHospital University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA  \nhSouthern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA  \niFitzgerald Health Education Associates, North Andover, MA  \njColumbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY  \nkLoyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing, Maywood, IL  \nA R T I C L E I N F O  \n\n| Article history:\u003Cbr>Received 1 April 2021\u003Cbr>Received in revised form\u003Cbr>21 July 2021\u003Cbr>Accepted 29 July 2021\u003Cbr>Available online August 7, 2021 . |\n| --- |\n| Keywords:\u003Cbr>Full practice authority Scope of practice Nurse practitioner Covid-19\u003Cbr>Primary care |\n\nA B S T R A C T  \nBackground: During the COVID-19 pandemic, federal and state governments removed the scope of practice restrictions on nurse practitioners (NPs), allowing them to deliver care to patients without restrictions.  \nPurpose: To support policy makers’ efforts to grant full practice authority to NPs beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, this manuscript summarizes the existing evidence on the benefits of permanently removing state-level scope of practice barriers and outline recommendations for policy, practice, and research.  \nMethods: We have conducted a thorough review of the existing literature.  \nFindings: NP full scope of practice improves access and quality of care and leads to better patient outcomes. It also has the potential to reduce health care cost. Discussion: The changes to support full practice authority enacted to address COVID-19 are temporary. NP full practice authority could be part of a longerterm plan to address healthcare inequities and deficiencies rather than merely a crisis measure.  \n*Corresponding author: Lusine, Poghosyan, Columbia University School of Nursing, 560 W 168th St, New York, NY, 10032 . 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