After reading your poster and researching about the topic, I set up a new goal for me and being an advanced practice nurse in the future. With the growing number of persons that are able to afford health insurance, the increasing number of diabetic patients and the longer life expectancy of our elderly population, there is a physician shortage, which can be solved by expanding the scope of practice of the nurse practitioners in all the states. So far, nineteen states allow advance practice registered nurses to practice without physician supervision allowing advanced practice registered nurses to practice to their full scope of
