New Nevada Law a 'Huge Win' for Patients and Nurses
July 30, 2013 | Story
The Nevada Action Coalition worked with proponents to enact a new law that is expected to ease shortages of primary care providers.
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July 30, 2013 | Story
The Nevada Action Coalition worked with proponents to enact a new law that is expected to ease shortages of primary care providers.
July 10, 2013 | Story
Latest Charting Nursing's Future brief focuses on barriers to practice and how some institutions are overcoming them.
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The majority of states currently place significant restrictions on APRNs, causing delays in treatment.
June 6, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that advanced registered nurse practitioners can supervise fluoroscopy, and Nevada enacted a law that allows advanced practice registered nurses to practice independently and expands their prescriptive authority.
March 23, 2012 | Story
New study comes as reliance on advanced practice registered nurses increases.
February 24, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
A simple economic model that suggests an impact of SOP laws on physician incomes is one that assumes that primary care physicians and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) potentially provide substitute sources of supply for primary care. The ...
April 30, 2012 | Story
Freeing up advanced practice registered nurses to provide unrestricted care is just one of the many priorities on the Missouri Action Coalition's agenda.
January 1, 2012 | Journal Article
As reform brings more patients into the system, advanced practice nurses (APRNs) need to practice to the full extent of their training. The study shows that physician wages aren’t depressed when APRNs practice independently.
December 15, 2010 | Commentary
To bridge the gap between supply and demand for primary care providers, nurses must be permitted to practice to their fullest capacity.
February 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Allowing registered nurses (RNs) to perform functions traditionally within the scope of physicians has the potential to reduce costs, while maintaining quality of care. This article examines potential areas of overlap, in legal and clinical terms, between the work of RNs and physicians.