Medical, Educational and Licensure Disclaimer

Who the content is for

The site is written for licensed nurse practitioners, other clinicians and students. It is not intended for patients, and it is not a source of medical advice for anyone’s own health. If you are a patient with a medical concern, contact your clinician; in an emergency, call 911.

Clinical references and books

• Clinical content, including the books and the Documentation Library, is educational and informational. It is intended to assist appropriately qualified clinicians and is not medical advice, diagnosis or treatment for any particular person.
• It does not replace independent clinical judgment, current evidence and guidelines, manufacturer labeling, institutional policy, consultation with appropriate specialists, or federal, state and licensing-board requirements.
• Guidelines, drug information and evidence change. Verify doses, contraindications and recommendations against current authoritative sources before applying them to a patient.
• You remain responsible for deciding whether information is appropriate for a particular patient, setting and jurisdiction, and for practicing within your own education, competence, scope of practice, licensure, credentialing and institutional rules.
• Documentation templates must be individualized. Never enter a statement in a medical record unless it is accurate for that encounter.
• Using the site or buying a product does not create a clinician-patient, supervisory, collaborative, consulting, legal or employment relationship with the author or Ingram Solutions, LLC.

Licensure and regulatory information

State licensure, practice authority, prescribing, renewal, continuing-education and fee information is compiled from boards of nursing, statutes, administrative code and other official sources. Where practical, records show when they were reviewed and link to the source. How sources are chosen, how conflicts are handled and how estimates are labeled is explained in Sources and methods.

• Laws, rules, fees and board processes change, sometimes without notice. A review date shows when a record was checked, not that it is still current.
• The licensing board or agency is the final authority. Confirm requirements with it before you apply, renew, prescribe or practice in a state.
• Nothing on the site guarantees that you are eligible for a license, will be approved, or meet a state’s practice, prescribing or transition-to-practice requirements.
• This is not legal advice. For questions about your own situation, consult a qualified attorney or your board.

Costs, pay and tax tools

License cost totals are planning estimates: some fees cannot be priced and are left out, and each amount is labeled by how it was sourced. Salary figures come from published wage data and are not offers or specialty quotes. The offer analyzer and 1099 guide are not tax, accounting or financial advice; consult a qualified professional before making decisions.

Personal experience

Notes that describe the founder’s own licensure, contracting and telehealth work are one clinician’s experience. They are illustrations, not recommendations of any employer, insurer or arrangement, and your results may differ.

Third-party resources

Links to continuing-education providers, employers, publishers and other sites are for convenience. We do not control those sites, and a link is not an endorsement.

Reporting an error

If something looks wrong or out of date, report a correction with a link to the official source.