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A PMHNP can often practice autonomously. In 27 states, nurse practitioners (NPs) already diagnose and treat with no physician involvement, and in 19 states prescribe medications independently. This is in contrast to 2008, when nurse practitioners could autonomously diagnose and treat in 23 states, and could only prescribe in 12 states.
Individuals who have never experienced the care of a nurse practitioner (NP)â. whether they are physicians, reporters, lawmakers, bureaucrats, lobbyists, or new. patientsâoften request clarification of just who NPs are and what they do. It is the combination of skills of physician and nurse that seems to confuse peo-. ple. Yet it is that combination of skills that makes an NP unique. DEFINITION OF NURSE PRACTITIONER. The term nurse practitioner has been given a variety of definitions.