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An issue that seems to have always been of concern, yet never fully settled for APNs is that of full practice authority. Full practice authority has been an issue for a long time. APNs have been restricted and held back by legislation for too long. In restricted states APNs are under supervision by both the Board of Nursing and Board of Medical Examiners for their corresponding state (Myers, 2013). This causes friction between the two factions for the reason that there is still a great deal of physicians out there that do not truly understand the role of an APN. Due to their inadequate knowledge on the matter of APNs and their role in practice, APNs’ role are being discounted to the general public by having to be under the Board of Medical Examiners supervision and not practice to their autonomous full extent. APNs are subject to minimum of a Masters degree, with option of Doctoral and PhD. With extensive academic education and closely regulated minimum clinical and didactic training hours, APNs are more than qualified to retain full practice authority. Any rule, regulation, or legislature preventing full practice authority is outdated and the author responsible is …show more content…

Frankly, many people do not understand nor truly know what it is that APNs are capable of and their training. With a current push by AANP and other organizations promoting full practice authority but also the role of an APN, the public view of APNs is starting to change positively. We are starting to see an increase in legislator and states as a whole adopting full practice authority. In order to have the backing of the general public it is imperative to educate the public on the role and training of APNs, ironically, who would be better than that of APNs as patient education and community involvement are just two of the many skills in which APNs have extensive training and

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