According to Patton et al., the American Association of Nurse…

Question Answered step-by-step According to Patton et al., the American Association of Nurse… According to Patton et al., the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is one of the top organizations advocating, educating, and influencing Congress members. One of the recent legislative reforms executed by nurse leaders of AANP is approval for veterans to expand the pool of care providers and authorize Nurse Practitioners employed by the Veteran Affairs (VA) Health System to provide care for veterans. According to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners website, “on December 14, 2016, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs published a final rule grunting veteran’ direct access to care by Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse-Midwives, and Clinical Nurse Specialists who work in the VA Health System”. This proposal permits the Advance Practice Registered Nurses care for veterans without physician supervision except for prescribing controlled drugs that are still controlled by the Federal Controlled Substances Act. This act allows the veterans to have timely access to high-quality patient care. The proposed rule was published in May of 2016 where VA proposed “to amend its medical regulations in part 17 of Title 38, Code of Federal Regulations to permit full practice authority of four roles of VA advanced practice registered nurses when they were acting within the scope of their VA employment. A sixty-day comment period was provided with 223,296 comments on the proposed rule. The commenting phase ended on July 25, 2016. The Office of the Federal Register established their conclusion not only on received comments but also on scientific information, facts, and expert views collected with the help of AANP. Members of AANP worked together to accumulate the evidence and set up press conferences to support the proposal. Regularization of the VA proposal established veterans efficient primary care services in undeserved areas and reduced the waiting time for the veterans in need.Needs a peer response from a student nurse paractitioner’s point of view with references.  Health Science Science Nursing Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)