Nebraska Expands Scope Of Practice For Nurse Practitioners

On March 5, 2015, Nebraska Governor Ricketts signed Legislative Bill 107 to grant full-practice authority to Nebraska's nurse practitioner workforce. The new measure retires a requirement that nurse practitioners maintain career-long "collaborative agreements" with physicians as a condition of nurse practitioner practice. Nebraska is now one of 20 states that allow nurse practitioners to deliver health care services without oversight of a physician.

The provisions of LB 107 require newly graduated nurse practitioners to log 2,000 hours of clinical practice under the supervision of a physician or established nurse practitioner before they can practice independently. The . . .