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Advance Your Career and The APRN Profession | Join OAAPN
The strength of OAAPN lies in its numbers - our members who choose to invest in themselves and our shared profession through membership. The mission of OAAPN is to ensure that Ohioans have access to cost effective, high quality care provided by Advanced Practice...
Managing Stress and Burnout Through the Pandemic
While managing the COVID-19 global pandemic has been challenging for everyone, APRNs on the frontlines of the pandemic are particularly prone to feeling its effects. In addition to exposing themselves and potentially family members to an increased risk of the disease,...
Kelly Shank | OAAPN Year in Review and Looking Ahead to 2021
A Conversation with Kelly Shank, OAAPN President It's been a challenging year for everyone, but as you take over the President role for OAAPN, what do you see as some of the highlights from 2020, both for APRNs as a profession and OAAPN as an organization? ...
Tips for National Nutrition Month
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics created National Nutrition Month to be recognized annually during the month of March. The goal of the campaign is to encourage people to make informed food choices and develop sound eating and physical activity habits that can be...
Home Health Emergency Rule Will Become Permanent
OAAPN is excited to announce that effective March 7, 2021 the Home Health Emergency Rule will become permanent! Our reimbursement team has diligently and successfully worked with Ohio Medicaid to make this a permanent rule. Home health services will now be...
All About APRNs | Infographic
Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) include Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM), Certified Nurse Practitioners (CNP), Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS), and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA). All of these APRNs practice in Ohio, yet have encountered many...
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to changing Ohio law to allow APRNs the ability to provide the best possible health care to Ohioans. Full Practice Authority is defined as the “collection of state practice and licensure laws that allow APRNs to evaluate patients, diagnose, order and interpret diagnostic tests, initiate and manage treatments – including prescribe medications – under the exclusive licensure authority of the state board of nursing.”
We have come a long way in the last decade, however Ohio’s APRNs continue to be restricted by outdated state practice regulations. OAAPN is the voice of over 13,000 APRNs in Ohio – we all need to pull together to ensure that APRNs can practice at the highest level of their education, training and certification.