ChanelCinq
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Actually, so is an NP in California. The California Board of Nursing has even gone so far to say that there's no scope of practice difference between NPs and RNs in California and that NPs have to follow "standardized procedures," otherwise under California law they would be practicing medicine.
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Standardized procedures are the legal mechanism for RNs and NPs to perform functions which otherwise would be considered the practice of medicine."
http://www.rn.ca.gov/pdfs/regulations/npr-b-19.pdf
Further information on Standardized Procedures in regards to NPs in California.
http://www.rn.ca.gov/pdfs/regulations/npr-b-20.pdf
I forgot the semantics of all of it and I was doing this research about 5 years ago so this could have changed. Or I remember info wrong. But I do remember that NPs had more autonomy then PAs.