“…This analysis of nationally representative survey data is the first to highlight the amount of variation in day-to-day practice autonomy that NPs experience within the three main scope of practice categories: independent practice and prescription authority, independent practice but restricted prescription authority, and restricted practice and prescription authority. To the extent that variation is observed, particularly among NPs working in fully independent states, it may suggest that factors other than state scope of practice laws, such as payer and institutional policies, influence NP practice (Hansen-Turton, Ware, Bond, Doria, & Cunningham, 2013).…”