Dr. Niran Al-Agba discusses the details of one of the most often-quoted studies in the nurse practitioner literature, Mary Mundinger’s 2000 JAMA study. Highlights: NPs in the study were professor-level, received an additional nine months of training, and each had a hand-selected collaborating physician to assist with care.

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