Do Nurse Practitioners Have Admitting Privileges?

Medical residents, NPs, and PAs do not have admitting privileges in most hospitals, and their inability to write admission orders would pose significant logistical and financial hurdles for many hospitals and physician groups, including hospitalists.

Can nurse practitioners admit patients to the hospital?

Nurse practitioners (NP) now have the legislated authority to admit, treat and discharge hospital patients.

Do nurse practitioners need hospital privileges?

NPs can perform primary care without hospital privileges as long as they arrange for patients who need hospitalization to be covered by a provider with hospital privileges or a hospitalist. ... One approach is for the PCP who has hospital privileges to admit patients and continue to manage care during hospitalization.

Chloe Bennett

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