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Leveraging health care reform to accelerate nurse practitioner full practice authority
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Brom, Heather M. Salsberry, Pamela J. Graham, Margaret Clark |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | Journal: Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Background and purpose: Since development of the nurse practitioner (NP) role, NPs have been advocating for policy allowing them to practice to the full extent of their training. The aim of this research was to determine whether passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) had an impact on expansion of NPs' scope of practice. Methods: This was a retrospective descriptive study of NPs' scope of practice legislation from 1994 to 2016 using regulatory theory. Data sources included annual reports on NP legislation and state-level legislative and media coverage. Conclusions: Eight states adopted full practice authority (FPA) from 2011 to 2016, representing a two-fold increase compared with the previous 10 years. Seven states adopted Medicaid expansion. Nursing interest groups and politicians shaped their argument in favor of FPA around the increasingly insured population because of the ACA, provider shortages, and rural health care access issues. Implications for practice: Shaping the discourse of FPA beyond the benefits to the NP profession makes way for broader political interest and participation. Although the future of the ACA is unknown, as the 28 states without FPA continue to advocate for legislative change, they could benefit from the strategies of these newly adapted FPA states. |
| Related Links | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6800077/pdf |
| Ending Page | 130 |
| Page Count | 11 |
| Starting Page | 120 |
| ISSN | 23276886 |
| e-ISSN | 23276924 |
| DOI | 10.1097/jxx.0000000000000023 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Volume Number | 30 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) |
| Publisher Date | 2018-03-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Advanced Practice Nurse, Affordable Care Act, Full Practice Authority, Health Policy Analysis, Nurse Practitioner, Scope of Practice |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Nursing Medicine |
