The future of the NP: Not a joke

From a nursing colleague (Rebecca Love) on LinkedIn

To say I was furious at the recent, biased and misfactual article in Bloomberg News regarding #NursePractitioners would be an understatement. It is the 1st in a supposed 3 part series – that aims to flay and destroy #NP #practice. 

Here is what I want to say: Grant Nurse Practitioners full practice authority in all 50 #States. Allow NPs to have full #independent practice, #reimbursement and #liability – let #patients decide who they want to see. 

Let #FreeMarket #economics do what it is designed to do – and let #NPs stop being handcuffed by organizations who only serve in their self interest – not that of patients.

 #NPs expand access to quality healthcare for millions of #Americans. 

More than 100 million Americans do not have a primary care provider – nurse practitioners are the solution to this – they are not the problem.

This is about #money not #patientoutcomes. 

Here are the #Facts as shared by Stephen Ferrara, DNP, FAAN and #AANP:

#TheAmericanEnterpriseInstitute: “Our studies showed that beneficiaries who received their primary care from NPs consistently received significantly higher-quality care than physicians’ patients in several respects.”

The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine’s nursing home report found that: “#APRN provided care in nursing homes, including improved management of chronic illnesses, improved functional and health status, improved quality of life, reduced or equivalent mortality and hospital admissions, improved self-care, reduced emergency department use and transfers, lower costs, increased time spent with residents, and increased resident, family, and staff satisfaction.” 

#TheBrookingsInstitution wrote: “Academic literature finds no evidence of harm to patients associated with less-restrictive Scope of Practice (SOP) laws. When no harm is present, the restrictions serve only to generate artificial barriers to care that ultimately provide physicians with protection from competition, prevent the attainment of system-wide efficiencies, and constrain overall provider capacity.” 

#MedPAC: APRNs and PAs comprise approximately one-third of our primary care workforce, and up to half in rural areas.”

And here is another study: https://lnkd.in/dNgGQYWU

It’s time for #FullPracticeAuthority for #NPs. This is about #patients and access to quality care. This is the fight of the century for #NPs in the #US and it’s time all #Americans got involved and demand access to #healthcare. 

#NPs are the #solution, not the #problem and it’s time we demand access to the care that #NPs provide #patients. 

Link to AANP response: https://lnkd.in/draFMbzZ

#NursesOnLinkedIn #HealthcareOnLinkedIn

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