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This bill would create limits on opioid prescribing that could adversely affect patient care without doing much to limit opioid misuse. For more information, download a copy of the bill here.
Download the January 21, 2012 report and comments from our legislative lobbyist, Linda Siegle. This report includes important information about the imaging issue that could adversely affect our practice and regulatory environment. If you have questions about this issue, please contact us!
NMNPC 2012 Annual Conference in Las Cruces
From April 20-22, we'll be at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces for our annual conference, Nurse Practitioners in Action: Bridging the Healthcare Disparities Gap. Online registration will open in February - watch your email for that announcement. For more information now, click here.
Apply by March 15, 2012 for a Candelario Garcia Scholarship. There are four $500 scholarships available in 2012. (Donations to our scholarship fund are always welcome. You may donate now by clicking here.) The scholarship application is online; send supporting documentation by email to Nancy Alton, Scholarship Committee Chair at contact@NMNPC.org.
Serving in an elected capacity for NMNPC is an opportunity to serve your profession without a huge time commitment. Please consider placing your name on the 2012 ballot. See the positions open for the 2012 election and the primary responsibilities for each position here.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Bureau of Clinician Recruitment and Service (BCRS) has announced the opening of the 2012 Application cycle for the Nursing Education and Loan Repayment Program (NELRP). The application cycle will remain open through February 15, 2012. NELRP offers registered nurses and advanced practice registered nurses such as nurse practitioners the opportunity to repay 60% of their outstanding qualifying educational loans in exchange for a two year service commitment at a Critical Shortage Facility (CSF) or an accredited school of nursing. The 2012 program reserves up to half of the award funding for nurse practitioners. Preference will be given based on the greatest financial need, the type of facility, and the mental health or primary health care Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) designation. More information is available from HRSA by downloading the complete loan repayment packet.
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.
 Peter Buerhaus, a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and healthcare economist, is the Valere Potter Distinguished Professor of Nursing at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and director of the Center for Inter-Disciplinary Health Workforce Studies at Vanderbilt’s Institute for Medicine and Public Health. He has led a number of important studies over decades on the economics of the nursing workforce and on developing measures of hospital quality of care associated with nursing care. Dr. Buerhaus is chair of the National Health Care Workforce Commission, a 15-member panel comprised of distinguished leaders from academia and the healthcare industry that was created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Buerhaus’ innovative research on the healthcare workforce is recognized worldwide and has already significantly influenced healthcare policy in this country. For more information, or to register, go to the New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence website.
The New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence is accepting applications for $1,000 scholarships awarded to LPN, ADN, BSN, and graduate nursing students. The application deadline is February 1, 2012; they will award scholarships in March 2012. For more information visit the Center for Nursing Excellence website. You may also download information and applications below:
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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