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...
The article focuses on the increasing needs and benefits of NP utilization in the healthcare setting. Moreover it truly justifies our place as a valued member of the healthcare team.
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 addresses the recent VA mandate that permits full practice authority of three roles of VA advanced practice registered nurses(certified nurse practitioners, certified nurse specialists...
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...
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 ...
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) has risen to epidemic rates in the U.S. and is under-reported. The data for 28 states, reported in this article, indicates these trends. The use of ICD-9 codes ar...
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 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....
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 ...
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 article examines the increasing role of NPs in house call settings, specifically with Medicare beneficiaries.
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...
