Nurse practitioner private practice: three legal pitfalls to avoid.

Private practice is now a viable option for nurse practitioners. NPs who open their own practice will be wise if they anticipate, consider, and act to prevent certain potential legal problems. Awareness and avoidance of these problems--risk avoidance--is the legal equivalent of preventive medicine. This article gives NPs an attorney's perspective on setting up a practice and some of the legal pitfalls to avoid.