Removing barriers to advanced practice registered nurse care: hospital privileges
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Insight on the issues (AARP Public Policy Institute)
- Contributor(s):
- Brassard, Andrea. Smolenski, Mary. AARP (Organization) Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization))
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : AARP Public Policy Institute, c2011
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Advanced Practice Nursing -- legislation & jurisprudence Credentialing -- legislation & jurisprudence Medical Staff Privileges -- legislation & jurisprudence Nurse Practitioners -- legislation & jurisprudence Constitution and Bylaws Continuity of Patient Care Hospital Administration Legislation, Hospital Licensure Medicare -- legislation & jurisprudence Nurse's Role Nursing Care -- statistics & numerical data Patient Admission Patient Satisfaction Humans United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The Institute of Medicine recommends that advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) practice to the full extent of their education and training, which includes being able to admit their patients to the hospital and other facilities. This report discusses barriers to hospital privileges and outlines the benefits to consumers and the health care system when APRNs have hospital privileges.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101576355 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101576355