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Great resource for information regarding patient's opinions towards seeing APRNs.

This observational study utilizes census data and geographic distribution of providers to illustrate current trends in distribution of providers, relative to uninsured patients and areas of limited access. Further, they discuss the policy changes aimed at bolstering access to primary care providers, specifically NP's, as a short term solution to a deficit in primary care providers. Additionally, the researchers explore distribution of APRNs, relative to scope of practice restrictiveness.

This article details the history of prescriptive authority for APRNs in Georgia and the current* state of affairs (*published in 2014) regarding how many APRNs utilize this within practice.

This is a toolkit from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners that APRNs can use to stay connected to legislative efforts that impact their profession. "Policy" can be a very overwhelming idea, particularly to someone who does not have experience with that realm of healthcare, so the AANP breaks it down for you. There are issue briefs on things like Full Practice Authority and Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs. These briefs give you the bullet points on why the policy is good or bad for our patients and evidence supporting that position. There's other resources as well that can help you find your legislators, find out about federal and state legislation, and get connected to legislative advocacy initiatives in your state. Participating in the legislative process is a really important way that APRNs can advocate for our patients, and this resource will support you in engaging with it.

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 discusses the Pros and Cons of using APRNs in both outpatient and inpatient settings. One of the positives is that there are more jobs for the APRN and now APRN's can specialize much like physicians. The downside to that is that there are not as many NPs doing primary care, which is leaving a gap.

This article is about scope of practice and gives a state by state analysis of regulations and how the 2008 consensus applies.

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.

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 article discusses the impact of differing scope of practice legislations on healthcare delivery and utilization. Overall, the study found that states with expanded practice fro NPs experienced increased healthcare utilization by patients and improved healthcare delivery.