February 18th 2010
 |
What’s
New
at NPAGR: February 2010 |
National Organizations are working to promote and protect NP practice in two significant ways:
1. The APRN Consensus Model is now
widely available
after gaining support of numerous nursing groups involved in licensure,
accreditation, certification and education of advanced practice nurses.
The
model is described in the consensus document, which was created after 4
years
of extensive work by the Joint Dialogue Group (composed of 12 nursing
organizations and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN
committee). It has been endorsed by 46 nursing organizations from
licensure,
accreditation, certification and education, including the American
Academy of
Nurse Practitioners, the American College of Nurse Practitioners, ANCC,
and
others. According to Dr. Joan Stanley, Advanced practice
nurses have been crippled in their clinical practice because of
restrictive
state regulations. This consensus document will give clinicians and
educators
in every state the authority to move toward more uniformity and
standardization. It will take a lot of work to achieve educational and
legislative change; instilling in APRNs the passion to do the work
required
will be another challenge. Are you aware of this challenge before us?
2. NURSING RESPONDS TO AMA PAPER ON NPs
The Nurse Practitioner Roundtable (a collaborative of NONPF, ACNP, AANP, NAPNAP, GAPNA, and NPWH) led the development of a nursing response to the American Medical Association (AMA) on the draft paper on nurse practitioners. The document is available on the NPA website, or use the link below:
2. NURSING RESPONDS TO AMA PAPER ON NPs
The Nurse Practitioner Roundtable (a collaborative of NONPF, ACNP, AANP, NAPNAP, GAPNA, and NPWH) led the development of a nursing response to the American Medical Association (AMA) on the draft paper on nurse practitioners. The document is available on the NPA website, or use the link below:
http://thenpa.org/associations/1031/AMA Scope
of Practice Document.pdf
The AMA developed the paper as part of
its Scope of Practice Data Series and
sent it to NONPF and other groups to review for "factual
inaccuracies." Twenty-seven
national nursing organizations that represent NPs directly or
through some
aspect of NP regulation signed on to a broad response to the
AMA (not
a response of specific issues in the paper). Here is the link for
the
nursing response:
http://www.nann.org/pdf/AMA12-09.pdf
Your Local Organization is hard at work!
Take the time to attend these upcoming programs:
Next up for our local NPAGR programming is:
Wednesday,
March 31st, we will offer a presentation on
Parkinson’s
Disease and Deep Brain Stimulation; the location and speaker are still
being
confirmed at this time.
An April program on Acute & Chronic Pain Management is also being planned.
Planning is being finalized for the NPA Region I conference to be held on Saturday, May 1st from 8 am- 4:15 pm. The conference will be held at St. John Fisher College, Wegmans School of Nursing. A variety of speakers will present on both primary care and acute care issues. A presentation on Health Care Reform and a session will feature both an NP and an MD who will discuss the statutory collaborative practice legislation. Join us for a great day of learning while you earn continuing education credit.
An April program on Acute & Chronic Pain Management is also being planned.
Planning is being finalized for the NPA Region I conference to be held on Saturday, May 1st from 8 am- 4:15 pm. The conference will be held at St. John Fisher College, Wegmans School of Nursing. A variety of speakers will present on both primary care and acute care issues. A presentation on Health Care Reform and a session will feature both an NP and an MD who will discuss the statutory collaborative practice legislation. Join us for a great day of learning while you earn continuing education credit.