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  1. National

    Study: When Nurse Practitioners Provide Primary Care, Medicare Costs Are Lower

    Jan 11, 2016

    In a finding that contradicts previous data, the cost to Medicare is lower when nurse practitioners rather than physicians provide primary care, says a new study. Researchers from Mathematica Policy Research, Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

  2. National

    Huge Interest in IOM’s Future of Nursing Report Shows in Record Number of Downloads

    Jan 05, 2016

    Reflecting the fact that nurses play a critical role in improving America’s health and health care system, the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report remains the IOM’s most downloaded report since its release in 2010. As of more

    Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

  3. National

    Increasing Access to Care: The APRN Consensus Model 2008 to 2015

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    The Institute of Medicine’s first recommendation in the  Future of Nursing report is to remove scope of practice barriers, in order to increase the public’s access to advanced practice registered nurses care. This webinar focuses on a key aspect of that recommendation: more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National

  4. Preparing the Nursing Workforce to Transform Healthcare

    Oct 25, 2015

    National & State Perspectives, Initiatives are Focus of MA Workforce Summit More than 150 nurses and leaders from across the healthcare spectrum attended the 2nd Annual Massachusetts Healthcare Workforce Summit and shared updates on national and statewide progress in more

    Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: Massachusetts

  5. National

    The Future of Nursing Is Here: Campaign Marks Five Years of Progress

    Oct 21, 2015

    Five years ago, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health made an urgent case for transforming nursing to bring better health to more Americans. Soon after, AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) joined forces to more

    Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

  6. National

    IOM Evaluation Report Will Reflect Research, Perspectives From Many

    Oct 21, 2015

    Speaking in July to the IOM evaluation committee for the IOM Evaluation Report about models of academic progression are Jenny Landen, RN, MSN, FNP-BC, dean of the School of Fitness Education, School of Health, Math, more

    Issues: Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National

  7. Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies for LPNs

    Sep 24, 2015

    Five years after the publication of the Nurse of the Future Nursing Core Competencies© – Registered Nurse (NOFNCC-RN) and their implementation into academic and practice settings across the state, Massachusetts nurse leaders have developed a similar set of competencies specific more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: Massachusetts

  8. National

    Study: APRN Scope-of-Practice Restrictions Are Costly to the Economy

    May 15, 2015

    A new study from a Duke University research center finds that the North Carolina economy takes an annual $430 million hit because of scope-of-practice restrictions on advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). Christopher Conover, PhD, of the Duke Center for Health more

    Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National North Carolina

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