Full Practice Authority - What You Need to Know
Webinar Overview
Across the country we see a national standard for education, program accreditation, and certification requirements for those in NP programs. However, there is a lot of variability when it comes to NP practice in states. States with Full Practice Authority (FPA) allow for NP practice without any contracts or relationships with a physician or oversight by the state medical board. Understanding the current status of FPA is important to your future practice and has implications on your patients. Join this webinar for an overview of FPA and its impact as well as learn more about what work still remains to have FPA adopted by all states across the country.
Objectives:
- The learner will define Full Practice Authority (as defined by AANP) and its impact on nurse practitioners.
- The learner will identify the current status of FPA. (In their state?)
- The learner will identify opportunities for advocacy in non-FPA state.
This Webinar is hosted by the Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA). For more information on the GNSA, visit www.aacnnursing.org/GNSA.
Speaker
Colleen Leners, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANPDirector of Policy
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Colleen Leners is the Director of Policy at the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in Washington, D.C. AACN serves as the voice of academic nursing, encompassing education, research, and practice. Dr. Leners was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow in the office of Senator John Thune (R-SD) of the Senate Finance Committee. Colleen serves on the Case Western Reserve Alumni Board and many committees for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). She has maintained an active family nurse practitioner practice for over 26 years and has served our country in the United States Army Nurse Corps. She has many notable achievements both civilian and military and was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and in American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Dr. Leners was awarded the Bronze Star for her service overseas.
Dr. Leners served as a Traumatic Brian Injury Program manager, created a nurse-managed primary care clinic for Wounded Warriors at Navy Medical Center San Diego (C5). She has also been a registered nurse and nurse practitioner for nearly four decades.
She received her DNP in Leadership from Case Western Reserve University, MSN FNP from University of San Diego and her BSN from California State University Dominguez Hills.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Education Credits:
Eligible attendees may receive one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.