This article examines the correlation between APRN's and PA"s and their workplace scopes. It discovered that in states with the highest shortage of Primary Care Physicians, APRN's and PA had a wide...
This article discusses some of the barriers that do not allow APRN's to practice without the supervision of a physician. It also discusses how physicians are not fully aware of the skills and educa...
Reforms broadening the APRN scope of practice have been introduced to increase access to primary care across the country but such reforms have been met with resistance from physicians. This article...
This is an article where the results of a randomized trial on patient outcomes depending on the type of provider (NP vs. MD) are discussed. Over a 2 year-follow-up, patient outcomes (including pati...
http://www.acep.org/Clinical---Practice-Management/Guidelines-Regarding-the-Role-of-Physician-Assistants-and-Advanced-Practice-Registered-Nurses-in-the-Emergency-Department/
This article reviews the quality of primary care delivered by APRN's compared to physicians. Overall, APRN's demonstrated equal to or better outcomes than physician group for physiologic measures,...
This articles provides clarification regarding physician delegation to APRN's in the state of GA.
This article presents the result of a systematic review pertaining to the quality outcomes of APRN compared to other providers such as physicians. The article concludes that APRN have equivalent qu...
http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/article/nps-in-the-emergency-department.aspx This page has a nice little section on the History of the ENP...which isn't very lon...
These three articles discuss the history and operations of the first clinic run entirely by primary care nurses - Columbia Advanced Practice Nurse Associates (CAPNA). CAPNA is he first clinic staf...
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/government-affairs/NGA-Nurse-Practitioner-Paper.pdf This article discusses the role of a nurse practitioner and their scope of practice and how it varies from state to...
The articles defines the basic roles and educational qualification that must be met by advanced practiced nurses, and their certifying and accrediting bodies at the state and national levels. The ...
http://intqhc.oxfordjournals.org/content/20/4/254.long This article focused on implementing a crew resource management training for their staff of L&D nurses, OB physicians, anesthesia team, midwi...
http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/salary-center/default.aspx I thought this website is very useful. Good information center with lots of resources: first year NP/...
This article is a systematic review of published materials, using cites such as: PubMed, CINAHL, and Proquest to look at how APRNs affect patient outcomes, as they contribute more and more to the h...
This article discusses the importance of optimal healthcare through a team of health care providers in a pediatric setting. It focuses on the importance of a pediatrician heading the group but then...
This article discusses the current decline in the number of primary care physicians and the ever-growing need for APRNs in the primary care setting. With 84% more primary care NPs between 2010 and ...
https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.proxy.library.emory.edu/books/NBK384613/ While there is more research to be done to fully understand health outcomes for patients under the care of a physician vs an A...
This article does a great job of outlining the historical timeline of nurse practitioners in the ED setting. The main thing I took away from this article is that the role of ENPs is relatively new ...
