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Federal Trade Commission Shows Support for House Bill 177
The Ohio Association of Advanced Practice Nurses has been working with Rep. Brinkman's office to obtain a response from the Federal Trade Commission regarding HB 177. In its response dated Jan 9th, the FTC urged legislators in Ohio to pass bills including HB 177 that...
OAAPN Appears on LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati to Discuss House Bill 177
OAAPN President Joscelyn Greaves and Michelle Zamudio recently appeared on LOCAL 12, WKRC-TV Cincinnati with Liz Bonis during her Ask A Nurse segment to discuss how House Bill 177, the Better Access, Better Care Act, will expand access to healthcare in Ohio. This...
OAAPN Year in Review and Looking Ahead to 2020
OAAPN Year in Review and Looking Ahead to 2020 A Conversation with Joscelyn Greaves, OAAPN President What are some of the highlights from 2019, both for APRNs as a profession and OAAPN as an organization? For OAAPN, of course, the most significant thing...
Watch Live: March OBON Advisory Committee Meeting
We will be live on Monday, March 2, 2020 for the March OBON Advisory Committee Meeting! Beginning at 10:00am on Monday, March 2, OAAPN will be streaming the Ohio Board of Nursing's APRN Advisory Committee meeting live on Facebook. This important service will again...
Finding the right prescription for APRNs
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Board Member Spotlight: Michele Pirc
As the Director of Advance Practice Providers at Lake Health System in Mentor, Ohio, Michele Pirc holds a hybrid position as a clinician and administrator, overseeing the health system’s advanced practice providers (APPs), including both NPs and PAs. She holds...
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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We have come a long way in the last decade, however Ohio’s APRNs continue to be restricted by outdated state practice regulations.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.