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APRNs Can Provide Quality and Access to Care and Congress Needs to Let Them

Capitol Beat

State and federal waivers that have been active for almost three years have allowed Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) to practice to the full extent of their education and clinical training. The bill represents huge progress for APRNs to continue to practice at the top of their license. With the recent introduction of H.R.

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Improving Care and Access to Nurses (ICAN) Act: Legislators Want to Hear from Nurses 

Daily Nurse

Daily Nurse spoke with former AANP President April Kapu, DNP , APRN, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FCCM, and FAAN, about this critical legislation and how it will remove outdated barriers to practice that delay access to care for patients and move healthcare delivery forward for patients, providers, and our nation. APRNs are healthcare providers.

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Utah Grants Full Practice Authority to Nurse Practitioners

Health Leaders | Nursing

We applaud Utah for recognizing the need to update laws and make the most of their healthcare workforce," said April Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN , president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). "In territories, to adopt FPA. "We Those fees can be a barrier to an NP being able to practice in the community.”

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Innovative Nurse Practitioners Can Turn the Tide

Minority Nurse

“Nurse Practitioners do what nurses do best — educate and listen to their patients,” states Dr. Mykale Elbe, DNP, APRN , FNP-BC, Assistant Dean of Nursing and Associate Professor at the Catherine McAuley School of Nursing of Maryville University. ” She affirms that nurses are responding to the needs they perceive.

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Study Highlights Gap Between Real and Perceived Diabetes Knowledge in Outpatient Nurses

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trillion by 2030. Nearly 500 RNs, APRNs and LPNs who worked in an ambulatory Cleveland Clinic facility responded. In addition to its health ramifications for patients, the chronic condition is a substantial economic burden. Health experts estimate that the cost of diabetes care globally will reach $2.1

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The Best States for Nurses [2024]

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Average annual salary for RNs: $86,740 1 Projected employment growth for RNs by 2030: 39% 3 Cost of living index: 107.2 Average annual salary for RNs: $86,590 1 Projected employment growth for RNs by 2030: 29% 3 Cost of living index: 105.5 Colorado Colorado has the second-highest projection for employment growth, just behind Arizona.

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Selecting a Nursing Program to Advance Your Career

American Nurse

The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2021) explored how nurses can work to reduce health disparities and promote equity, while keeping costs at bay, utilizing technology, and maintaining patient and faculty-focused care into 2030.

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