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Nurse Residency Programs: Transition to Practice (Part II)
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Hosted March 27, 2014: This webinar features an innovative residency program developed in California, with funding support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The California program is academically based, rather than employer based, and has applicability across a broad range of settings. Presenters: Susan Reinhard, PhD, RN, FAAN, more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: National
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More States Removing Barriers to Nursing Practice and Care
Mar 20, 2014
Advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), such as nurse practitioners, can help meet the primary health care needs of consumers, including the millions of new people enrolled under the Affordable Care Act and those living in rural areas. But outdated state scope of practice laws are keeping nurses from practicing to the full extent of their more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Hawaii National Nevada North Dakota
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Nurse Leaders in Utah Increase Patients’ Access to Care
Mar 20, 2014
The Utah Action Coalition for Health scored a major regulatory victory last fall that removed a barrier to advanced nursing practice. A coalition of nurses and other health care professionals in Utah eliminated a key regulatory barrier to nursing last fall in a move that proponents said will significantly increase access to health care. In more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National Utah
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Nursing Residency Programs: Transition to Practice (Part I)
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Hosted March 20, 2014: Many Action Coalitions are advancing work in the development and implementation of transition to practice programs. The Future of Nursing: Leading Change and Advancing Health described the importance of structured programs for new nurse graduates. Evidence shows these programs enhance safety and quality of care, as well as more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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FTC: Expanded APRN Scope of Practice Good for Competition and Consumers
Mar 11, 2014
On March 7, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a staff paper urging state legislators and policy makers to be mindful when evaluating proposals that limit access to care provided by advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). In the paper, Policy Perspectives: Competition and the Regulation of Advanced Practice Nurses, the FTC concludes that more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: National
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President’s 2015 Budget Seeks to Boost Primary Care
Mar 04, 2014
Today the Obama Administration released its 2015 fiscal budget. In the budget, President Obama proposed fixing the glitch that left nurse practitioners (NPs) out of the Medicaid primary care bonus, and extending those increased payment rates for all Medicaid primary care providers for one year. This provision was specifically mentioned in the Institute of more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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New Study Shows Nurse Education Level, Caseload Affect Patient Mortality
Mar 03, 2014
A new European study published in The Lancet sheds more light on the importance of nurses having a bachelor’s degree and manageable workload. According to the study, patients who underwent surgical procedures were more likely to die if they were treated in hospitals where nurses were caring for more patients and fewer nurses held bachelor’s more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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Kentucky Governor Signs Bill to Increase Consumer Access to Care
Feb 17, 2014
On February 13, 2014, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear signed Senate Bill (SB) 7 into law, expanding access to health care for Kentuckians, many of whom live in areas with a shortage of primary care providers. The passage of SB 7 means that Kentuckians will have improved access to high quality primary care and medications, such as antibiotics, more
Issues: Improving Access to Care Location: Kentucky National