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March 12, 2024 Nursing Newsletter
Salary disparities in Nursing, easily identify outliers in your program and remediate, Nursing Licensure Compact, NP education and the need for...
Dear AMA: Invest in Partnerships, Not Smearing Nurses, A Push to Address Nursing Shortage, The Lure of Specialty Medicine & NPs, Don't Get Left Out!
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- Dear AMA: Invest in Partnership, Not Smearing Nurses
- Florida's Strategic Push to Address Nursing Shortage
- Specialty Medicine Pulls Nurse Practitioners From Primary Care
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Dear AMA: Invest in Partnership, Not Smearing Nurses, to Improve Patient CareLast week the new incoming President of the AMA made ‘scope creep’ and credentialing one of the top issues for his term. The APRNs are firing back in this editorial. Lack of primary care providers, urbanization of medicine and care gaps in specialized programs are pointed to as current concerns, and the geriatric wave as future concerns. We’d go with specialization of clinical care, and the enterprise-driven ‘efficient pipeline’ model of healthcare as other drivers. Dear AMA: Invest in Partnership, Not Smearing Nurses, to Improve Patient Care
Florida's Strategic Push to Address Nursing Shortage Shows Promising ProgressFlorida, with the fastest growing population in the nation, approached nursing program funding through their PIPELINE project, which is a direct public funding effort for Florida colleges and universities in nursing. Florida has also joined a few other states in expanding high school certification programs for CNA positions. Florida's Strategic Push to Address Nursing Shortage **Florida's 'Historic' $125 Million Investment (March 2023)**
The Lure of Specialty Medicine Pulls Nurse Practitioners From Primary CareContrary to the article’s claim that NPs in specialty care are not yet routine, most of the article is devoted to the decrease in primary care and the growth in nursing specialists. Specialty certification has always been a factor in nursing, though not to the exclusion of other types of practice, as seen in the physician world. The use of NPs in cardiology and many other specialty areas is common, and their duties often overlap with primary care issues. However, the decrease of FNP certifications to 30% is alarming and rapid. The growth of the nurse practitioner employment field is expected to continue to explode, but the dearth of physicians, NPs, and PAs in primary care points to an issue with the practice of primary care, and we know what the one word is… The Lure of Specialty Medicine Pulls Nurse Practitioners From Primary Care - MedCity News |