Legislative Update: Colorado PA Bill Moves to Full Senate Review
Progress was made in SB 83 to allow Colorado PAs to move from supervision to collaboration agreements with physicians. Read about this and other NP and PA legislative updates.
All articles by Kristin Della Volpe
Inpatient Blood Draws Often Interrupt Sleep Unnecessarily
A high proportion of nonurgent blood draws in a single hospital occurred during early morning hours when patients were asleep.
Bone, Renal Risk Factors Found in Majority of Patients on HIV PrEP
Selection of HIV PrEP regimen should include an assessment of bone and renal risk factors, which may be found in more than half of patients.
Racial Disparities Linked to Altered Brain Structure in Black Children
Adversity stemming from structural racism is linked to differences in emotion- and threat-processing regions of the brain in Black children in this study.
Legislative Update: Diabetic Shoes and Injured Federal Workers Acts Introduced
Newly introduced bills aim to increase access to care for injured federal workers and therapeutic shoes for patients with diabetes.
AANP Health Policy Conference Debrief
AANP President Dr April Kapu provides a debrief on health policy issues facing NPs including the ICAN Act and APRN Compact.
More Support and Critique of AAP Guideline for Childhood Obesity
Two more medical societies have come out in support of the AAP’s updated clinical guidelines for obesity treatment in children and adolescents and one opposes it.
Indiana’s Health Care Access Crisis: Are APRNs the Answer?
Statewide coalition calls for immediate action to grant APRNs full practice authority to address health care deserts in Indiana.
Are Boiled Peanuts the Answer to Peanut Allergy?
Researchers used sequential doses of boiled peanuts followed by roasted peanuts to desensitize children to peanut allergy.
What the Buprenorphine X-Waiver Removal Means for Clinicians
AANP and AAPA Presidents discuss how elimination of the X-Waiver and patient caps for buprenorphine prescription for opioid use disorder will affect clinical practice.
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