This article talks about the submitted proposal by APRNs in the VA to get full scope of practice following IOM recommendations. Once federally accepted/sanctioned, federal law overrides ALL STATE LAWS for APRNs

This article discusses the complexity of Interdisciplinary team work with different types of staff working together to share expertise, knowledge, and skills to impact on patient care. . Despite emphasis on interdisciplinary team work over the past decade and the growth of interdisciplinary education, there is little evidence as to the most effective way of delivering interdisciplinary team work. This difficulty is compounded by the multifactorial nature of team work, which comprises the skill mix, setting of care, service organization, individual relationships and management structures. The research provided a theoretical understanding of interdisciplinary team work and developed a framework to define the characteristics.

This article highlighted that there is still a lot of work to do to get healthcare members to but in to the concept of teamwork and that the patient and the family should be the main focus. All personal differences need to be set aside and that team members need to understand how each roles plays an integral part into the patients and families' need for good outcomes.

This article discusses the impact of increasing the scope of practice of APRNs with resulting increase of access to health-care services for Ohioans, with possible increases in quality and no clear increase in costs.

This article highlights the need for Adult Geriatric Primary Care NPs