With shortages of doctors across Canada, many health authorities are looking for ways to fill
gaps that don't require training or hiring new physicians. Nurse practitioners and physician …

And that means full scope of practice as primary care providers. Medical societies hate the
idea and think that nurse practitioners need to be tethered securely to a physician office in …

Clearly, there is a shortage of physicians, but there is also a shortage of nurses! Robbing
Peter to pay Paul never works. The Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services predicts …

Before answering that question, we might well ask ourselves why the question is coming up
now, at this particular time. After all, nurse practitioners (NPs) are not a new concept. Both …

It appears that the tipping point for barriers to nurse practitioner (NP) practice is either here
or imminent, given that 22 states and the District of Columbia now have full practice …

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LOCUM DOCTORS are being employed to cover nurse practitioner shifts in A&E, it has …

Freshly back from the 2024 American Association of Nurse Practitioners®(AANP) Health
Policy Conference, I am inspired and eager to work with all stakeholders to increase access …

Achieving full practice authority may require an incremental approach. This is the case in
Maryland where the requirement for nurse practitioners (NPs) to collaborate with a physician …

Twenty-first annual legislative update thority to practice, receive reimbursement, and
prescribe, states reported discussions surrounding healthcare reform, the Doctor of Nursing …

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Annual Legislative Update: As healthcare reforms, NPs continue to evolve : The Nurse …