Attention Texas APRNs: FPA legislation!

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If you are an APRN or plan to become one, we need your help.  This will take a few minutes to promote full practice authority where you can have your own practice without a paying a physician to supervise you.  If we lose, it is over until 2023.  Tell your colleagues and family!

https://ntnp.enpnetwork.com/nurse-practitioner-news/213198-help-hb-2029-cannot-get-out-of-committee-

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Specializes in ICU.

Maybe we should advocate for a national minimum standard when it comes to NP programs. Plenty of diploma mills. I couldn't in good faith back independent practice for some of these poorly trained NPs. 

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Texas, all they have to do is show that dip sh*t who killed a two patients and injured countless others practicing with endocrine medications well above recommended levels for nonexistent conditions to throw any chance of independence out the window in that state. 

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Psychnursehopeful, you're right there are some diploma mills out there but states with full practice authority usually require some length of practice as a supervised APRN before being on your own.  Usually at least a few to 4 years like a residency for a physician.  

djmatte, the same could be said of any profession that has millions of patients.  There is going to be a practitioner somewhere who is a quack and hurts patients.  Christopher Duntsch was a spine surgeon in Dallas that killed two patients and maimed numerous more until he made it onto the "American Greed" TV show.  You probably know of bad medical doctors who have done bad things and doctors aren't going anywhere.  Let's give the good NPs a chance!

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Except doctors aren’t at risk of losing what they have. NPs on the other hand have to prove they are better than the headlines. And those legislators (clearly) don’t trust NPs as evidenced by an inability to even get it out of committee. That NP did a huge disservice to the whole profession within the state. It only takes one headline to curtail progress and shut down the whole movement. 

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Specializes in Psychiatric, in school for PMHNP..
On 4/13/2021 at 9:19 PM, Psychnursehopeful said:

Maybe we should advocate for a national minimum standard when it comes to NP programs. Plenty of diploma mills. I couldn't in good faith back independent practice for some of these poorly trained NPs. 

Just out of curiosity, have you been through one of the so-called diploma mill schools?  Obviously, their courses compare with any other Nurse Practitioner school, because all graduates from all schools have to pass the board certification before they can practice.         I am attending one and I have a relative who graduated, interviewed, received a job offer contingent on passing her boards, and passed her boards.  I am so tired of these recurring threads that insult us!  Neither of us are/were “poorly trained”.  Stop painting broad strokes that lump us all as being poor  NP’s.  

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2 hours ago, PsychNurse24 said:

Just out of curiosity, have you been through one of the so-called diploma mill schools?  Obviously, their courses compare with any other Nurse Practitioner school, because all graduates from all schools have to pass the board certification before they can practice.         I am attending one and I have a relative who graduated, interviewed, received a job offer contingent on passing her boards, and passed her boards.  I am so tired of these recurring threads that insult us!  Neither of us are/were “poorly trained”.  Stop painting broad strokes that lump us all as being poor  NP’s.  

Then perhaps your school should publish statistics that actually validate their “comparable” standards. Evidence such as the rate of graduation/attrition and first/second time board pass rates are real measures of a diploma mill.  This information is often readily available and provided by reputable online and brick/mortar schools, but something the Walden’s persistently fail to disclose. Until then, it will be a stigma you and other graduates will keep until the broader NP and medical community are convinced otherwise. 

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Specializes in oncology.
On 4/24/2021 at 3:37 AM, djmatte said:

Evidence such as the rate of graduation/attrition and first/second time board pass rates are real measures of a diploma mill.  

 

or the deficiency in the curriculum.

On 4/24/2021 at 3:37 AM, djmatte said:

something the Walden’s persistently fail to disclose

Choosing a nurse practitioner student should involve more than "How low will they go for entry GPA." The curriculum needs to be rigorous in every way. Why put the burden on the certification exam?  NPs should have to show competence in physical health assessment,  in practical (hands on ) exams, and some demonstrable caring skills for the patients they see. 

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