Removing Restrictions of Nurse Practitioners Could Expand Access ...

More states should allow nurse practitioners to practice independently and to the full extent of their training. · Expanding Access to Health ...

Addressing Barriers to APRN Practice: Policy and Regulatory ...

Significant restrictions on APRN practice persist at many levels. Currently, 11 states have restrictive NP practice authority (AANP, 2022a). In ...

Evaluating the Impact of Executive Orders Lifting Restrictions on ...

Full practice authority for APRNs benefits patients by promoting expanded access to care and increasing the resiliency of our healthcare system ...

Nursing Associations Applaud Legislation to Remove Practice Barriers

This critically important legislation will improve access to health care for millions of patients. The ICAN Act will remove administrative ...

NPs could improve access to care, but practice expansions remain ...

Allowing nurse practitioners full practice authority may help diversify the workforce and increase access ... restrict NP practice,” she said.

Removing Practice Barriers for Nurse Practitioners

Doing this can improve access to essential healthcare services, especially in urban and rural areas. Removing barriers can also provide an efficient ...

Benefits of Full Practice Authority for Nurse Practitioners

Nursing advocates call for the restrictions to be removed permanently to improve healthcare access and lower the costs of care, which are ...

State responses to COVID-19: Potential benefits of continuing full ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, federal and state governments removed the scope of practice restrictions on nurse practitioners (NPs), allowing them to deliver ...

Three Ways Nurse Practitioners can Improve Healthcare in Your State

Reducing Healthcare Costs ... Not only do NPs provide high quality care, they also reduce cost burdens for both patients and the healthcare system ...

Administration Calls For Expanded Access to NP-provided Care

Lifting state restrictions that prevent NPs from providing home-based care will not only improve care for seniors and limit the spread of ...

Full Practice Authority for Nurses Set to Expand the Primary Care ...

The proposal would have allowed APRNs, including nurse practitioners (NPs), nurse anesthetists, nurse-midwives, and clinical nurse specialists, ...

Utilizing the Nurse Practitioner: Rethinking State-Level Regulatory ...

First, it will greatly improve access to medical treatment—especially in urban and rural regions with limited health care resources. According ...

New laws expand access to quality health care for more Missourians

Under the new law, APRNs will have greater flexibility with regard to the amount of time their collaborating physician must be physically ...

Five Health Care Trends to Watch in 2023

Patient Demand for NPs Grows as Underserved Areas Expand Media Contact: Bryan Black AUSTIN, TX — As the nurse practitioner (NP) profession ...

Removing restrictions on nurse practitioners' scope of practice in ...

Policy makers and administrators should make efforts to remove barriers and promote facilitators to assure the law achieves its maximum impact in each ...

Benefits of Less Restrictive Regulation of Advance Practice ...

Removing restrictions in these states could expand access to quality health care, cost-effectively relieve the physician shortage, and contribute economically.

AMA successfully fights scope of practice expansions that threaten ...

” This legislation would allow nurse practitioners and physician ... laws and regulations that expand scope of practice. AMA advocacy ...

The impact of nurse practitioner regulations on population access to ...

Background By 2025, experts estimate a significant shortage of primary care providers in the U.S., and expansion of the NP workforce may reduce this burden.

Nurse Practitioners: A Solution to America's Primary Care Crisis

Furthermore, state-level NP scope-of-practice restrictions do not help protect the public from subpar health care. Analysis of different ...

MSU study finds nurse practitioners more likely than medical doctors ...

Our findings suggest that eliminating these restrictions would indeed help increase geographic access to primary care, but this benefit ...