This article addresses the barrier to expanding the role of APRN's in Florida. It addresses the issues concerning political activism, barriers to practice, and willingness for APRNs to band togethe...
This article states that APRN's should be able to practice to the fullest extent of their education and training. In today's healthcare environment, barriers limit APRN practice and this article li...
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...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26206240
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21419973 In this article the authors touched on the role of the APRN in pediatric CT surgery areas. They explain that the role of the APRN is helpful in the cont...
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...
As I finish the reading for the final week, ch 27 is the most interesting. It really brings in the topics of politics that we visited last week in our class session. As future APRNs, we must be fam...
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 L...
this is a great page for np statistics!
https://cspcs.sanford.duke.edu/sites/default/files/descriptive/nurse_practitioners_and_physician_assistants.pdf
Just wanted to add more article links that speak about geriatrician shortage and comparable earnings between geriatricians and adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioners: https://www.ncbi....
I found this map helpful in determining which states were most restrictive in their legislation towards the APRN scope. This resource, maintained by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners,...
https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/8578-health-coverage-and-care-in-the-south-a-chartbook-june-update.pdf
Here is a quick link to everything you need to know about being an APRN in the great volunteer state of Tennessee. http://www.tnaonline.org/pages/content-migration/tna---advanced-practice-nursing
This articles provides clarification regarding physician delegation to APRN's in the state of GA.
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 ...
This article details the struggles Georgia has faced and continues to endure in relation to both defining and expanding the advanced practice nurse's scope of practice. https://www-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov...
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 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...
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 ...
