Specialties NP
Published Apr 5, 2014
myelin
695 Posts
NY has become the 18th state to grant NPs independent practice. Hopefully the rest of the country isn't far behind!
http://www.healthcaredive.com/news/ny-nurse-practitioners-can-now-practice-independently/246452/
futureeastcoastNP
533 Posts
Wonderful, a big win in such a large state. No residency requirement before independence?
jennifer_app
120 Posts
woo-hoo!
Psychcns
2 Articles; 859 Posts
Yes congratulations to NY NP's. now if they would recognize the CNS as an APRN and grant us prescriptive authority I would be happy.
lmccrn62, MSN, RN
384 Posts
Hopefully NJ is right behind! Congrats NY!
zmansc, ASN, RN
867 Posts
I'm glad to see that each legislative season more and more states seem to be debating this and another one seems to adopt this common sense measure. The time is now for every state that doesn't have it to be pushing for full practice laws, and removal of any restrictions that currently exist. We have too much evidence and momentum to sit back and miss this opportunity.
ceebeejay
389 Posts
Good news! Thanks for posting that.
litchick91
15 Posts
Go NY!
edmia, BSN, RN
827 Posts
The collaboration agreement drops after 3600 hours of practice. Not perfect but certainly better than nothing! Go NY!
Lajimolala, BSN, RN, NP
296 Posts
Congratulation NP's in NY indeed!
BlueDevil, DNP
176 Posts
Agreed, better than nothing. I predict by 2020 we will have independent practice in 35 of the 50 states. NY is a pacesetter for the rest of the country. I think we will see the rest of the NE and Mid-Atlantic states come along quickly, followed by the Midwest. The West has long been ahead of the rest of us. The South will always lag behind, well because it is the South and they are always half a century behind in everything.
dgiedt
1 Post
How does collaboration fit in? I have been a psych np for 15 years and have rarely collaborated with a physician and the agreement was just a semantic thing. My fear is that my malpractice will skyrocket but nothing else will change