I was greatly disappointed to read and listen to this article today. This type of press is what continues to feed mistrust and oppression of the nurse practitioner workforce. While the article and podcast is largely about 2 online NP programs the headline and overall messaging is that people should not trust Nurse Practitioners as care providers, despite decades of data to support the safety of these providers. This article also highlights two sentinel events of personal accounts from nurse practitioners care. These are two examples of the 1B visits a year that NPs provide. Physicians also encounter these events and are sued at higher rates than nurse practitioners (but not mentioned in the article). The authors also highlight the necessary requirements of hours for training of NP programs but do not have any discussion on competency based education or DNP requirements. Schools of Nursing and NP program standards and curriculums are dictated by American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties I support the investigation of schools or programs which are not aligning with national standards but do not glamour your investigation with an overall mistrust of an entire profession. The US health care system is facing major challenges including physician shortages. We need to work toward uniting our professions to improve access and care for patients. I hope you all take a listen and voice your opinions. American Association of Nurse Practitioners Stephen Ferrara, DNP, FAAN
America is more reliant on nurse practitioners than ever before. But their education has never been standardized, and without those guard-rails, NP education has become dominated by online and for-profit programs. Students say many of the biggest programs don't provide the support or resources they need to be successful -- putting their careers and patients at risk. If you work in healthcare you know this is an incredibly touchy subject. I hope you'll take time to listen to these nurse practitioners as they describe their struggles and concerns in their own words. Reported with a dream team of Polly Mosendz, Noah Buhayar, Flynn McRoberts, Rosa Angela Laura Gerónimo, Anna Kaiser and Dan Ferrara (who still hasn't accepted my LinkedIn invite). https://lnkd.in/gKQCBKpB
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Health Administration- Quality Management and Organizational Development, Medicaid, Medicare compliance services and systems. Performance Improvement, NCQA, STARS, HEDIS.
5moI wanted to jump in from a health administration standpoint. Our healthcare system is facing a huge shortage of providers, especially in rural areas. I see a need to redesign the way both training and education are being administred currently. There are not enough nurse educators to go around and most colleges and universities have waiting lists miles long and to much red tape to be accepted. If we want high quality performers in our health systems we need to step back and look at whats not working and then implement redesigned stratagies. I have been in nursing for over 40 years now and the concern I see is that we keep trying to utilize old methods that just are not meeting demand. How about we go back to RN hospital based training programs? Allow RNs on the floor to mentor nurses. Include teaching methods and design these into RN programs that allow apprenticeship training on the floor. Let every nurse TEACH. College courses for ASN level can be taken prior and then allow floor apprenticeships in clinical areas from already tenured RNs. Practice makes close to perfect. hands on is the best way to learn skills and apply knowledge.