Group items matching

in title, tags, annotations or url

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 addresses the increased need for APRN's in Primary Care Settings and evaluates their role and outcomes compared to Physician's in Primary Care.

Interactive NP Scope of Practice guide that offers a snapshot of each state's scope of practice laws. Shows how nurse practitioner (NP) scope of practice laws vary from state-to-state.

Discussion of progress and barriers to expanded SOP for NPs, including physician's arguments for mandatory physician oversight.

This study looks at trends in state scope-of-practice regulations.

This resource is a research study analyzing the differences in cost and pediatric patient outcomes between hospital teams run by residents alone, PNP's alone and PNP/MD teams. Overall, the researches concluded that incorporating PNP's into hospital care can reduce costs for patients requiring certain treatments as well as provide care that is comparable to the care given by medical residents.

This article provides clarification regarding physician delegation to APRN's in GA.

This article explores how restrictions on CNM scope of practice affect health outcomes. Scope of practice laws were found to be neither helpful nor harmful regarding health outcomes. However, states without scope of practice barriers for CNMs had lower rates of induced labor and cesarean deliveries.

This article recognizes the need for specialized training of new grad NPs as they transition from their role of student to practitioner.

Links to information about legislation, policy, regulation, and licensure of APRNs in Georgia.

This is an excellent overview of NP history and practice changes written by Arlene W. Keeling PhD, RN, FAAN. It includes a historical narrative for the NP role that includes key figures (Lillian Wald, Mary Breckenridge, Loretta Ford) with seminal legislation, challenges to the practice, and future implications.

brief view into how NICUs were started and the major events leading to development of NP role in the NICU

This was a great place to start as a reference for initial certification info.

I found this to be very helpful with questions about the certification renewal process.

Nurse Practitioner residency programs are a fairly new concept in the healthcare arena. The first program, introduced in 2007, was developed by Community Health Center, Inc. in Connecticut with the goal to increase the number of family nurse practitioners in the community health settings.

Medicare Supplement plans, otherwise known as Medigap plans, is a health insurance sold by private insurance companies to fill the gaps in Original Medicare Plan coverage.