by oaapn | Jun 13, 2018 | APRN Students, APRNs, Board Members, News, News and Updates, OBON, Scope of Practice
On Monday, June 11th, OAAPN shared live streaming of the Ohio Board of Nursing’s APRN Advisory Committee meeting on Facebook. From that session, OAAPN President Jesse McClain, Central Ohio Regional Co-Director Bethany Parsell and Southeast Ohio Regional Director Eric...
by oaapn | Jun 8, 2018 | Board Members, News, News and Updates
A Message from OAAPN President Jesse McClain Growing up, my father always taught me to speak up if I ever witnessed an injustice; and to never follow the masses if I believed they were wrong. Over the past year and a half, we have witnessed one specific injustice that...
by oaapn | Jun 7, 2018 | News, News and Updates
The OSMA recently delivered the attached letter to the Ohio Senate urging opposition to OAAPNs bill which is expected to be introduced by Senator Hoagland. OSMA’s continued fear-mongering at the expense of Ohioans does nothing to serve the 1.4 million patients across...
by oaapn | Jun 1, 2018 | News and Updates, Nurse Practitioners
Number of Nurse Practitioners Hits New Record High Data from AANP – March 2018 More than 248,000 Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are currently licensed to practice in the United States. A 107% increase from 2007. Patients are benefiting from the high quality, comprehensive,...
by oaapn | May 17, 2018 | News and Updates, OBON
The Ohio Board of Nursing recently made recommendations that support additional regulation of primary care nurse practitioners in Ohio (Memorandum_OBON_Advisory_Committtee). There is no empirical evidence to support the OBON’s position; in fact, it runs counter to...
by oaapn | Apr 17, 2018 | APRN Students, APRNs, Board Members, News and Updates
These simple words can really agitate some of us. In reality, what do these words mean? Not a physician? Is it someone below a physician? A “non-physician provider?” This phrase creates an unnecessary hierarchy within our practice and inside our hospital...
