Course concentrating on transition to APRN practice
This article looks into the topic of an APRN's scope of practice, most specifically in the Acute Care setting. Although this article focuses on APRN's in the acute care setting, it makes an importa...
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 article expresses the AAP's support of NNP's and briefly discusses their scope of practice. The article also mentions NANN and the AAP's support of their training and credentialing process for...
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 talks about the transition from a student NP to a full practicing clinician. The article describes the benefits a post-grad "fellowship" can have on new APRNS entering the field. Howev...
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...
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 ...
This article's title is figurative, yet descriptive of the actual role progression to transition to NNP APRN from expert NICU RN. This includes change in care delivery to care provision. The change...
This article discusses the importance of optimal healthcare through a team of health care providers in a pediatric setting. It focuses on the importance of a pediatrician heading the group but then...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21419973 In this article the authors touched on the role of the APRN in pediatric CT surgery areas. They explain that the role of the APRN is helpful in the cont...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26206240
http://kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/tapping-nurse-practitioners-to-meet-rising-demand-for-primary-care/ This article does a wonderful job in portraying the shortage of primary care health professi...
This article addresses the barrier to expanding the role of APRN's in Florida. It addresses the issues concerning political activism, barriers to practice, and willingness for APRNs to band togethe...
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...
One of the most important lessons for the APRN community has been the need for open communication and transparency.
This article states that APRN's should be able to practice to the fullest extent of their education and training. In today's healthcare environment, barriers limit APRN practice and this article li...
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...
http://ajcc.aacnjournals.org/content/14/3/211.full.pdf+html
This article talks about the submitted proposal by APRNs in the VA to get full scope of practice following IOM recommendations. Once federally accepted/sanctioned, federal law overrides ALL STATE L...
http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/salary-center/default.aspx I thought this website is very useful. Good information center with lots of resources: first year NP/...
