Two Midwest States Now Have More Access to Care

Jan 12, 2017

Michigan and Ohio residents will have more options for finding healthcare in 2017 and beyond after  both states recently modernized practice laws for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). On Monday, January 9, Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan signed the bill allowing more

Issues: Building Healthier Communities Improving Access to Care Location: Michigan Ohio

Ohioans To Gain More Access to Healthcare

Jan 10, 2017

Ohioans will soon have more options when it comes to finding healthcare. Gov. John Kasich on Jan. 4 signed a bill that brings Ohio into closer alignment with the APRN Consensus Model, which defines the practice of advanced practice registered nurses. As a result, APRNs in Ohio more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Ohio

Michigan Updates Law, Improves Health Care Options

Jan 09, 2017

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has signed a bill that will increase the number of health care providers residents of that state can turn to. The new law expands some nurses’ rights to practice and prescribe. That means that advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Michigan

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Federal Register Publishes VA Ruling on Nurses

Dec 15, 2016

It’s official: The Federal Register has published the December 13 ruling by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs giving more nurses more authority to provide care in VA facilities. In those facilities, certified nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

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Nurse Practitioner Sees Progress in Removing Barriers to Care

Dec 01, 2016

This is the fifth in a series of posts about the top issues facing nursing today as covered in The Power of Ten: A Conversational Approach to Tackling the Top Ten Priorities in Nursing. Nurse practitioners have made tremendous progress in “earning the right to take full more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

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Good Health Knows No Boundaries (or Shouldn’t)

Nov 17, 2016

Just as a driver’s license allows people to cruise state to state without having to pass other driving tests, the nursing profession has long had the Nurse Licensure Compact. However, that agreement among 25 states to let nurses use a multistate license to provide care across more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

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Celebrating America’s Nurse Practitioners

Nov 15, 2016

The American Association of Nurse Practitioners writes: “National Nurse Practitioner Week is held annually to celebrate these exceptional health care providers and to remind lawmakers of the importance of removing outdated barriers to practice so that NPs will be allowed to more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National

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Report Recommends Ways for Nurses to Prepare for Greater Roles in Primary Care

Oct 25, 2016

Yasmine R. Legendre, MPA, is program associate of the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. Because registered nurses make up the largest portion of the health care workforce in a nation with growing health needs, this year’s Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation conference focused on the topic more

Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National