A new interactive map provides information on PMH-APRN scope of practice, supervision, prescribing, and relevant legislation
However, check out the book I wrote called Psychotherapy for the Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurse for a book on how to do psychotherapy
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Hi, I am in the process of opening my own private practice in Maine and I am looking to acquire malpractice insurance.
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The Federal Trade Commission staff has issued a policy paper which advises legislators to cautiously evaluate state-level proposals to limit APRN scope of practice
However, our own nursing organizations also need to ALL respond loud and clear about the Psych APRN. When the CNS was removed from this group that caused a lot of damage. I practiced as an APRN for almost 20 yrs with CMS reimbursement. However I was reimbursed at a lower rate than most APRNs because I filed with my own #. Since very few APRNs do this, CMS probably thinks there aren't very many of us out there. I was in a collaborative practice before we had collaborative practice forms, and I had social workers calling me often telling me I couldn't practice the way I was
I have worked at community behavioral health centers in Florida which utilize FNPs to provide care to patients, which I believe, is outside their scope of practice. Florida law changed in 2016 and now has a very specific definition of what a psychiatric nurse is, which FNPs obviously do not meet
3 Comments - Karen, I completely agree with you and believe it is out of their scope of practice. Maybe the Board of Nursing should hear from us!
I am interested particularly in Advance Practice Nursing text but would like to know all that you use...& Fizpatrick, J. (2013). Advanced practice psychiatric nursing
1 Comment - I also think that a full understanding of addictions and substance is important for APRN education. Before school I had been studying for my CARN, but missed the deadline for the test and have never gone back to taking it
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Having been qua;ified and certified as an Independent practitioner since the 1980's (we are not all dead like Florence ) APNA abandons the plan of supporting proper Title of license (NCD) with all the priveleges of Independent practice and urns us into second class providers again. We had a model that was as successful as a medical tract; but here we are with the enless school tract ; and worse Independent Practice is completely erased