Nurse Practitioner Regulations and Practice Issues: Pandemic to Future Considerations - Part 3: NP Practice Authority and Scope of Practice

This episode concludes the podcast by discussing differences between practice authority, scope of practice, prescriptive authority, and autonomous practice licensure. We also discuss the way APRNs were granted greater practice authority within the Veterans Administration (VA) healthcare system! And we tackle the “title” debate over appropriate and inappropriate terms used for NPs before discussing how to support NPs being able to contribute to their fullest within the healthcare arena.---This is episode 3 of the series: Nurse Practitioner Regulations and Practice Issues: Pandemic to Future Considerations The COVID-19 pandemic and emergency measures allowed many nurse practitioners (NP) to practice at a greater capacity. Healthcare needs during the past few years have brought forward multiple opportunities for expanded NP practice through the influence and power of The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), emergency measures, etc. What happens now though, as we navigate out of the pandemic and emergency measures expire? Might the future of NP practice be reformed again or will practice just return to more limited pre-pandemic conditions for many NPs?Nurses may be able to complete an accredited CE activity featuring content from this podcast and earn CE hours provided from Elite Learning by Colibri Healthcare. For more information, click hereView Episode Show NotesView Episode TranscriptAlready an Elite Member? Login hereLearn more about CE Podcasts from Elite Learning by Colibri HealthcareView this podcast course on Elite LearningSeries: Nurse Practitioner Regulations and Practice Issues: Pandemic to Future Considerations