Congratulations, NPs of NY!

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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/

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Wonderful, a big win in such a large state. No residency requirement before independence?

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woo-hoo!

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Specializes in Psychiatric Nursing.
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.

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Specializes in Pain, critical care, administration, med.

Hopefully NJ is right behind! Congrats NY!

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Specializes in Emergency.

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.

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Good news! Thanks for posting that.

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Go NY!

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Specializes in Emergency, ICU.
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!

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Congratulation NP's in NY indeed!

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Specializes in FNP, ONP.
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.

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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

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