https://uaprn.enpnetwork.com/page/17861-aprns-are-georgia-s-answer-to-its-shortage-of-primary-care-providers- This article is specific to Georgia and touches on the history of the role of the APRN...
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...
This article is a systematic review of published materials, using cites such as: PubMed, CINAHL, and Proquest to look at how APRNs affect patient outcomes, as they contribute more and more to the h...
This website describes how and why RNs were able to transition into provider roles as nurse practitioners. It has a lot of the same information from the other resources that have been posted, but i...
This article presents the result of a systematic review pertaining to the quality outcomes of APRN compared to other providers such as physicians. The article concludes that APRN have equivalent qu...
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/464663_4This article explains how the profession of nurse practitioner had started and evolved over time.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26033108
This study analyzed National Provider Identifier (NPI) data from 2010 to understand the distribution of APRN's in rural and urban areas of the United States and how practice autonomy contributes to...
This article provides information on the scope and role of the FNP
This articles provides clarification regarding physician delegation to APRN's in the state of GA.
This article discusses the results of multiple trials using interventions to decrease hospital readmission rates. Interventions included post discharge follow-up phone calls, home visits, and infor...
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...
