Family Nurse Practitioner

Family Nurse Practitioner

The summary and critical analyses of the key points that are mentioned in the three articles are discussed below:

Article 1: Nurse Practitioners Respond to Misleading Report from the American Academy of Family Physicians

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners strongly accepts the patient-centered and team-based care models. However, AANP believes that AAFP's efforts to link these evolving models of care with the licensure of nurse practitioner (NP) practice are misdirected and out of step with today's environment. More specifically, AAFP's position is directly contrary to the recommendations of the Institute of Medicine and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.

More than 100 studies analyzing care provided by both NPs and physicians have demonstrated that NPs have the same or better patient outcomes as compared to physicians. The ongoing attempts by the AAFP to bound the ability of NPs in order to practice the full extent of their education and training only serves to increase the already overwhelming hardships placed on millions of Americans who are struggling to gain access to high quality health care.

The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) believes that the role of the family nurse practitioner (FNP) contributes significantly to a wide range of models of care and improves access to timely care of high quality, individualized and cost. FNPs work with individuals, communities and diverse populations across the continuum of care based on the principles of primary health care. The work of IP reflects the promotion of health and the prevention and management of diseases. The current rule provides that the nurse practitioner working with a partner and a doctor should refer to it when the situation is beyond its jurisdiction. The nurse practitioner is a professional cheaper to governments payers, but with a very different training standards.

Article 2: Research ...