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At the national level, countries can use priority- and goal-setting activities to determine outcome-based goals and the best opportunities for utilizing advanced practice nurses in PHC (24).
Implementation strategy for advanced practice nursing in primary health care in Latin America and the Caribbean/Estrategia para introducir la enfermeria de atencion avanzada en la atencion primaria de salud en America Latina y el Caribe/ Estrategia para a implementacao da enfermagem de praticas avancadas em atencao primaria a saude na America Latina e no Caribe
So how do the TREAT and CARA Acts apply to New Mexico and more specifically, to advanced practice nurses in New Mexico?
The Recovery Enhancement for Addiction Treatment Act and the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act
Health care leaders also envision better care and lower costs arising from teamwork, with that team including advanced practice nurses who historically have been required to be registered nurses with a master's degree as a nurse practitioner with a population focus -- for example: family, adult-gerontology or pediatrics.
Filling health care gap; Trend sees advanced practice nurses sharing doctor caseloads
While New Mexico also allows advanced practice nurses to prescribe Schedule II controlled substances, Texas' law only allows advanced nurses who've been granted authority by a physician to prescribe those drugs in a hospital-based or hospice care setting.
Despite Changes, Nurses Push for Independence
* The advanced practice nurse in nephrology nursing refers exclusively to those caring for patients.
Advanced practice in nephrology nursing
At the most recent meeting of the Nursing Organizations Alliance, a coalition of more than 70 nursing specialty groups, discussion ensued regarding efforts by physician groups (Scope of Practice Partnership) to ultimately limit the American public's access to quality health care providers of their choice (such as advanced practice nurses).
'Doctor:' for physicians only?
Evaluation of the advanced practice nurse role in acute and specialty care.
Emerging Role of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Acute Care
The Physician Executive: Why do we need Columbia Advanced Practice Nurse Associates [CAPNA] in addition to the physicians who have been serving people in Manhattan?
The new health care team. (Part 2: Health Care Trends)
Susan Phillips is an Advanced Practice Nurse who is in a doctoral leadership program at the University of Phoenix, School of Advanced Studies.
Announcing a Research Study on Nurse-to-Nurse Abuse
* Change the title of Advanced Practice Nurse to Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN).
WNA legislative updates
Each year, Franklin Square honors a nurse in each of its service lines as well as an advanced practice nurse, distinguished nurse in a support role and an outstanding nurse leader.
Franklin square announces nurse of the year
Georgia law defines an advanced practice nurse as one who has met the requirements established by the Board to engage in advanced nursing practice and who holds a master's degree or other graduate degree from an approved nursing education program and national board certification in his or her area of specialty (see O.C.G.A.
An Announcement from the Georgia Board of Nursing

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