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 Apr 5, 2014 Wonderful, a big win in such a large state. No residency requirement before independence?
Psychcns 3 Articles; 859 Posts Specializes in Psychiatric Nursing. Has 30 years experience. Apr 5, 2014 woo-hoo!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 Specializes in Pain, critical care, administration, med. Apr 5, 2014 Hopefully NJ is right behind! Congrats NY!
zmansc, ASN, RN 867 Posts Specializes in Emergency. Apr 5, 2014 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.
edmia, BSN, RN 827 Posts Specializes in Emergency, ICU. Has 10 years experience. Apr 6, 2014 Wonderful, a big win in such a large state. No residency requirement before independence?The collaboration agreement drops after 3600 hours of practice. Not perfect but certainly better than nothing! Go NY!
BlueDevil, DNP 176 Posts Specializes in FNP, ONP. Apr 7, 2014 The collaboration agreement drops after 3600 hours of practice. Not perfect but certainly better than nothing! Go NY!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 Apr 8, 2014 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
