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Pa State Nurses Association Places A Call-to-action For Improved Health Care
The PA State Nurses Association, in collaboration with the Alliance of Advanced Practice Nurses, today released an extensive briefing paper, entitled "Solving One Piece of the Delivery Crisis Puzzle: An Action Agenda for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania," examining the full scope of Advanced Practice Nurses and their capability to significantly expand the capacity of Pennsylvania's system. This briefing paper provides thorough background information about Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Nurse Midwives -- all registered nurses with advanced education – and supportive evidence of how and why the proposed solutions will deliver measurable results that will support the system and the advancement of care."The PA State Nurse Association feels strongly that Advanced Practice Nurses are under-utilized and because of this lack of use, patients suffer," said Michele P. Campbell, MSN, RNC, executive administrator for the PA State Nurses Association. "Many of the problems plaguing the industry derive from inappropriate allocation of resources, and this briefing paper highlights how Advanced Practice Nurses are more than capable of delivering real solutions to the present allocation crisis – all while providing additional benefits including, bringing quality care to underserved areas and reducing medical costs." "As much as 80% of adult primary care services and 90% of pediatric primary care services can be performed by Advanced Practice Nurses – offering an untapped resource for the entire state to increase access to care for patients. With specialized advanced medical education and clinical competency to provide health and medical care for diverse populations, there is no reason why Advanced Practice Nurses should not be utilized to the fullest extent of their capabilities," said Sheila Gealey, president of the Pennsylvania Coalition of Nurse Practitioners."This call-to-action is about delivering better-quality care and improving how our system operates," said Tine Hansen-Turton, ED of the National Nursing Centers Consortium.

"We hope this briefing paper will be a pivotal piece in educating our legislators, administrators and patients, so that we may move toward a more efficient and effective system of administering care." Among the key resolutions within the briefing paper are the

following:§   Create meaningful consumer access to Advanced Practice Nurses through greater representation as primary care providers in insurance company provider networks.§   End the further creation of unintended barriers within statute rhetoric by adopting language rules that use a more inclusive term than physician -- extending to appropriate professionals -- for legislative intent.§   Expand consumer access to care by Advanced Practice Nurses by eliminating existing statutory barriers that prohibit Nurse Practitioners, Nurse-Midwives and Clinical Nurse Specialists from performing their full scope of practice in all settings, for all populations. For a complete copy of the briefing paper , or to request an interview, please contact Mandy Priest by emailing e-mail protected from spam bots or by calling 888-707-7762 X 208 (cell 1-443-690-4197). Copies are also available at www.panurses.org. About the PA State Nurses AssociationThe PA State Nurses Association is a nonprofit member-supported association representing the over 200,000 registered nurses in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The PA State Nurses Association works to advance the profession of nursing through education, advocacy, practice, and legislation.

PA State Nurses is a constituent member of the American Nurses Association and is the official voice for nursing in Pennsylvania. Visit www.panurses.org for more information.About the Alliance of Advanced Practice NursesThe Alliance of Advanced Practice Nurses is composed of associations of providers in Pennsylvania, which support a delivery system that promotes quality care and is fair to consumers and providers. The Alliance consist of the following supporting organizations:Pennsylvania State Nurses AssociationPennsylvania Coalition of Nurse PractitionersPennsylvania College of the American Academy of Nurse PractitionersPennsylvania Association of Nurse AnesthetistsNational Association of Clinical Nurse SpecialistsPennsylvania Chapter - American Psychiatric Nurse AssociationNational Nursing Centers ConsortiumAssociation of Nurse-MidwivesQuestions/comments regarding the Alliance should be directed to the PA State Nurses Association by calling 888-707-7762 or emailing e-mail protected from spam bots..

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