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 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...
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.proxy.library.emory.edu/doi/10.1111/jmwh.12362/full This is a great article that describes a scoring system for scope of practice of certified nurse midwives by state...
Basically states values are reflected in politics and social values so this author compared states with full practice authority compared to those who ratified the Equal Rights Amendment and those w...
http://nursejournal.org/family-practice/role-scope-of-practice-of-a-family-nurse-practitioner/ This is an excellent and informative article that discusses the role of the Family Nurse Practitione...
This article looks at the transition from utilization of midwives to a highly medicalized way of birthing. Additionally, it speaks to midwifery in our current society. This is a well rounded resour...
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...
These are two links for initial reading on NP residency programs. I have never heard about them until this assignment, so this seemed like a great place to start for me to get some information on w...
https://www.pncb.org/ptistore/control/exams/pnp/steps
This article focuses on the steps that nurses go through when going through the role transition. It highlights the problems that expert RNs go through because on the nurse practitioner ladder they ...
Sadly, a little dated, but still an interesting look at the importance of the APRN role and its effects on the patient population http://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy.library.emory.edu/science/articl...
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/ANAMarketplace/ANAPeriodicals/OJIN/TableofContents/Vol-20-2015/No2-May-2015/Historical-Perspectives-Expanded-Role-Nursing.html#MAC28 This article ide...
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...
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...
https://web-b-ebscohost-com.proxy.library.emory.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=24385de7-9dd8-48c9-99f1-b348f2a9d545%40sessionmgr120&vid=6&hid=128
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/089152459090084J Great history up to 1990 of the advancement of PNPs.
http://search.proquest.com.proxy.library.emory.edu/docview/1543329564?accountid=10747
