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APRN General Information and Checklist APRN Additional Information APRN Protocol Agreement (use this form to expedite the protocol review)

This article looks at how legislative changes in prescriptive authority for APRNs in Georgia has actually panned out in practice and what barriers APRNs are facing in utilizing their prescriptive authority.

This article discusses the history and development of the pediatric APRN role and how it has changed to fit the current needs of the pediatric population.

This article looks at the impact APRNs in the Emergency Department have on cost, quality of care, satisfaction and wait times. The study concludes that Emergency Nurse Practitioners have a positive influence on quality of care, satisfaction and wait times in the ER, but is inconclusive on their impact on cost.

This is a link to a visualization of NP scope of practice in each state. Our skillset remains the same in each state, yet our autonomy is variable!

This article highlights the changes in policy that are needed to enable nurse practitioners their full scope of practice in a way that benefits patients and families at end-of-life. Nurse practitioners need the ability to practice to their full scope of practice, including providing autonomous care, receiving adequate and equal reimbursement for services, and having the authority to prescribe controlled substances II through V. Nurses also need to endorse policies that require specialized education so they receive the knowledge and skills necessary to be leaders in end-of-life care.

An APRN running her own practice was investigated by the DEA and BoN for her treatment of patients needing pain management. This article provides details of the case and recommendations for how APRNs can protect themselves and their licence when it comes to scope of practice and prescription of controlled substances.

This article reviews definitions, concepts, and some contemporary issues related to NP scope of practice with an emphasis on NPs working in acute care settings.

This article discusses the benefits and pit-falls to autonomous primary care Nurse practitioner practice and advocates for cost effective improvements to our healthcare system. The research suggests that Nurse practitioners who practice independently report greater job satisfaction, improved patient outcomes and provide low cost, high quality services that are equal or superior to primary care physicians. Unfortunately, current healthcare reimbursement models, policies and reluctant physicians have created barriers to autonomous NP practices. The author suggests that autonomous practice requires further research across the U.S, the establishment of a well-defined model and the evaluation of patient outcomes, in order to determine whether the present day Nurse Practitioner requires future collaborative agreements with physicians, in order to provide quality patient care across the United States.