Membership in NMNPC
Strong representation for nurse practitioners in New Mexico is dependent on having a solid membership base. By joining NMNPC, New Mexico's NPs provide support to the only state-wide NP organization that works for all NPs to maintain a favorable practice environment, allowing us to effectively advocate for our patients. Membership is for a calendar year, beginning the day you join. For information on becoming a member or renewing your current membership, click here.
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Please visit this web site regularly to keep up to date on issues affecting NPs, our patients, and our practices. Go to the Members Only page for additonal information about membership and benefits.
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Download the Final 2012 report and comments from our legislative lobbyist, Linda Siegle. This report includes information about the imaging issue that could adversely affect our practice and regulatory environment. If you have questions about this issue, please contact us! You may also download Linda's Medicaid Modernization report summarizing the state's plans for changes in the medicaid program.
Albuquerque is participating in a nationwide health care quality improvement initiative called Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q). This initiative is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is led locally by the Albuquerque Coalition for Healthcare Quality. The 16 communities participating nationwide in this initiative are focusing on ways to improve health care quality. As part of this initiative, each community is required to develop a plan and implement a small, local pilot(s) to test change in the payment and reimbursement system in their local community. The Albuquerque Coalition is looking for a nurse practitioner to sit on a work group that will look at the recommendations that came out of the payment reform summit in January. The work group will begin in May and work through the summer. If you're interested in providing input to test models of change in the health care reimbursement and payment system in Albuquerque, please contact NMNPC. If you would like more information, download the Recommendations Summary developed in January and FAQ about the recommendations.
The New Mexico Department of Health STD Prevention Program has issued a letter to providers with information about two recent developments related to sexually transmitted infections in New Mexico. One is the emergence of Neisserria gonorrhoeae with decreased susceptibility to oral cephalosporins and the other is new treatment guidelines for gonorrhea. Health care providers should use the NMDOH form to report cases of sexually transmitted diseases. For more information, visit the NM Department of Health STD Prevention Program website.
The ANA recently sent information to state nursing leaders about the (AHRQ) and its Effective Health Care Program. They have developed a library of chronic disease-related materials. Nearly half (45 percent) of all Americans report at least one chronic illness, and 7 out of 10 deaths among Americans each year are from chronic diseases. Given the prevalence of chronic diseases, nurses and patients need to know the treatment options that are available to them, the associated costs, and the bottom-line facts on which treatments may help or harm. AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program is a leading resource on evidence-based research on a variety of chronic disease including cancer; heart and blood vessel conditions; diabetes; and muscle, bone and joint conditions, in addition to others. These products are part of a growing library of research reviews, English and Spanish summaries, and continuing education activities produced by AHRQ's Effective Health Care Program. Please contact Cheryl Peterson at the ANA if you have any questions.
The Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB) is pleased to invite FNPs, PNPs, and CNSs to apply for the new Pediatric Primary Care Mental Health Specialist (PMHS) certification exam to improve access to care for children and adolescents with behavioral and mental health concerns. For more information, download a press release about the exam launch and purpose. For details about eligibility, the exam content outline/test blueprint, references, and how to apply, visit the PNCB website.
Almost a year ago, Senator Susan Collins (R/ME) and Senator Kent Conrad (D/ND) introduced S227, the Health Care Planning and Improvement Act of 2011 which would authorize NPs to order home health care services without documentation from a physician. In June, Representatives Allyson Schwartz (D/PA) and Greg Walden (R/OR) introduced HR2267, also authorizing NPs to order home health care. The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) has sample letters you may use and/or modify to send to our Senators and Representatives, urging them to co-sponsor these bills. If your Representative is already a co-sponsor (see below), thank them! As of December 22, the co-sponsor status of our New Mexico contingent is:
- Senator Jeff Bingaman - no
- Senator Tom Udall - no
- Representative Martin Heinrich (District 1) - yes
- Representative Stevan Pearce (District 2) - no
- Representative Ben Ray Lujan (District 3) - yes
If you don't know who your Representative is, go to www.house.gov and enter your zip code in the "Find Your Representative" box at the top right of the page or download a map of New Mexico showing the districts here.
The recent publication of a joint report the Institute of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is generating interest and discussion, not only among nurses, but also our physician colleagues. It's exciting to read that many of them are embracing our increasing role in advancing health care in an increasingly difficult environment. A New York Times article by Pauline Chen, MD, discusses the new report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. This report is also the focus of an editorial by Jeff Susman, MD, in the December issue of the Journal of Family Practice in which he maintains that it's " . . . time to abandon our damagingly divisive, politically Pyrrhic, and ultimately unsustainable struggle with advanced practice nurses (APNs)." He urges family physicians to ". . . accept - actually, to embrace - a full partnership with APNs." Go to the Members Only page for more information.
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NMNPC contracts with a legislative lobbyist to provide services important to all nurse practitioners in New Mexico. Whether or not you're a member of NMNPC, please make a donation to help support this effort today. Visit our Legislative and Policy Issues page for more information on current issues of interest to NPs.
Formulary
NMNPC developed a generic formulary that NPs may customize to their specific practice and submit to the Board of Nursing when applying for licensure in New Mexico.
New Mexico Licensure
The New Mexico State Board of Nursing regulates nurse practitioner licensure. Visit the licensure page for information about becoming licensed as a nurse practitioner in New Mexico.
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