Contents tagged with scope of practice
Nurse practitioners are no substitute for physician-led team
By Roland Goertz, M.D., M.B.A.; Chair, AAFP Board of Directors
By the year 2020, our nation is expected to face a shortage of 45,000 primary care physicians. To address this shortfall, as well as rising health care costs, the nation is seeing a movement to grant independent practice to nurse practitioners.
But, this flawed, stop-gap approach overlooks some obvious obstacles to replacing physicians with non-physicians. For example:
moreIOM calls for removal of restrictions on nurse practitioners’ scope of practice
IOM calls for removal of restrictions on nurse practitioners’ scope of practice
AAFP, TAFP reject committee recommendations that fail to ensure patient safety
posted 10.07.10
A new report … more
Nurse practitioners fire first shots in latest battle to achieve independent practice
Nurse practitioners fire first shots in latest battle to achieve independent practice
posted 05.27.10
Nurse practitioners say they know how to solve Texas’ shortage of primary care … more
Scope of Practice
Scope of Practice
The Question of Independent Diagnosis and Prescriptive Authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses in Texas: Is the Reward Worth the Risk?posted 02.15.11
Primary Care … more
Advocacy Tools
Advocacy Tools
TAFP works tirelessly to promote policies to strengthen the primary care workforce, to protect patients and ensure they have access to quality care, to foster a regulatory … more
Good News, Bad News: TAFP’s recap of the 82nd Texas Lege
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Good News, Bad News:TAFP’s recap of the 82nd Texas Lege
By Kate Alfano
For health care reform advocates, the 82nd Texas Legislature will go down as the session of what might … more
Capitol Update: Family medicine residency programs face massive cut in budget agreement
Capitol Update: Family medicine residency programs face massive cut in budget agreement
posted 05.24.11
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Bills to expand scope of nurse practitioners fail
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Some wins, some … more
Capitol Update: Physicians testify against independent practice for nurse practitioners
Capitol Update: Physicians testify against independent practice for nurse practitioners
posted 04.21.11
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Senate committee approves budget
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Family physician testifies in House … more
Capitol Update: TAFP responds to attacks on scope with new resource
Capitol Update: TAFP responds to attacks on scope with new resource
posted 03.03.11
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Priority one for HHSC, House subcommittee: Reduce cuts to primary care services in Medicaid
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TAFP releases multi-page policy brief on scope of practice
TAFP releases multi-page policy brief on scope of practice
posted 02.17.11
The first of its kind, your Academy has published a policy brief titled, “The Question of Independent Diagnosis … more