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 talks briefly about the history of PNPs, the core competencies, and how there is an increase need for NP as health care providers. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.proxy.library.emory....
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-20-2015/No2-May-2015/Historical-Perspectives-Expanded-Role-Nursing.html This article provides ...
This article discusses the need for more providers to take care of the increasing population and legislation that limits NP scope of practice. It outlines possible challenges that new grad NPs can ...
While the role of an APRN has continued to grow nationally, Georgia's laws for practicing APRNs remains one of the most restrictive in the US. Some feel as though Georgia's laws regarding APRN prac...
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/103/5/1050.1.full.pdf An article highlighting the contribution of APRNs (and PAs) in the hospital care setting. This article includes educa...
This article provides a brief outline of the history of the nurse-midwife in our nation and the expansion of this role in the United States. Dawley, K. (2003), Origins of Nurse-Midwifery in th...
This article is a good article that provides a brief summary of how the Emergency Nurse Practitioner profession came about and the evolution of the profession
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002074891400176X This article is a systemic review of the impact Nurse Practitioners have in an ER setting on the cost, quality of care, wait time...
Dawley and Burst provide a detailed outline of the origin of a national organization of midwifery since the 1900s.
