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Article: AENJ-D-14-00008 Date: April 18, 2014 Time: 4:11 Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 107–109 Copyright 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins FROM THE Editors K. Sue Hoyt, Jean A. Proehl There is widespread concern that the imple- compared ED wait times for patient assess- mentation of the Affordable Care Act will ment and management. The study also looked lead to increased health care spending in the at length of stay (LOS) and treatment times United States. One commonly proposed miti- for patients cared for by an ENP candidate gation strategy is the expansion of the scope as compared with the traditional ED care of practice for advanced practice registered method with a physician. The authors con- nurses (APRNs). In the November 2013 is- cluded that there were no significant differ- sue of Health Affairs, several authors discuss ences in wait times, LOS, and treatment times. using nurse practitioners (NPs) as a way to The authors also noted that patient flow out- decrease health care costs (Iglehart, 2013). comes for patients seen by ENPs are compa- This is good news. But we need more ad- rable with those of patients managed by the
Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal – Wolters Kluwer Health
Published: Apr 1, 2014
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