I am new here. I am helping a friend of mine who is an NP working for the Federal Government. I am posting here to seek any help or guidance that posters may be able to provide us.
My friend, Jane, worked as an RN for 10 years, and then got her master's as an NP. She accepted a position with an agency, starting in a probationary staus as an RN and then after several months was re-assigned as an NP. She then applied for a tuition assistance program to help defray the cost of her MS.
They accepted her, but then after a year rescinded the award, saying that since she became an NP, she could not be a part of the program, that it was geared for RN's.
My question is: Is anyone out there familiar with either federal law, state law, or practice guidelines that specifically define a NP as an RN, or an RN with additional training.
She talked to some attornies initially, but they said they didn't want to get bogged down suing this agency. I can see why...they are pretty relentless.
Anyway, we'll see where some of these leads take us, and hope for the best.
An NP is an RN. An NP is an APN, or an Advanced Practice Nurse. There is no way to practice as an APN/NP without first being qualified and licensed as an RN. ....
I learned that CNMs in CT don't have to have actual RN licensure. There may be other states like this, I don't know. They have to be "eligible" for RN licensure, that is, pass NCLEX. So much for the nurse part of "certified NURSE midwives." I bet most of them here don't have RN licensure, either .... (this explains their attitudes towards nurses, IMHO)
I learned that CNMs in CT don't have to have actual RN licensure. There may be other states like this, I don't know. They have to be "eligible" for RN licensure, that is, pass NCLEX. So much for the nurse part of "certified NURSE midwives." I bet most of them here don't have RN licensure, either .... (this explains their attitudes towards nurses, IMHO)
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i think what you mean, anon nurse, is the cpm ~ certified professional midwife. not a nurse (rn).
in connecticut there are cnm (certified nurse midwives) and the cpm. the cpm handles only homebirths. the cpm quite possibly have "other" education, but not as rn. as of now, there is no licensure in connecticut for this group of practitioners. these individuals are often referred to as lay midwives, too.
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Thanks for all the help. Those links are great.
She talked to some attornies initially, but they said they didn't want to get bogged down suing this agency. I can see why...they are pretty relentless.
Anyway, we'll see where some of these leads take us, and hope for the best.