Transition-to-practice period for nurse practitioners: how does SB 1375’s proposal compare to other states?
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- California HealthCare Foundation, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Oakland, CA] : California Health Care Foundation, July 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Nurse Practitioners -- education Nurse Practitioners -- legislation & jurisprudence Nurse's Role California
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- In 2020, California took an important step to expand access to care and to address primary care workforce shortages by passing AB 890, which creates a pathway for nurse practitioners (NPs) to treat patients independently (meaning the NP does not have to be supervised by a physician). More than half of US states already allow NPs to practice independently. Research shows that access to primary care is better in these states and that the quality of primary care provided by NPs is similar to care delivered by physicians. AB 890 delegated to the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) the authority to establish the minimum amount of clinical experience and mentorship that an NP must receive before being allowed to practice independently (referred to as a transition-to-practice [TTP] period). As of July 2022, the BRN has not released draft regulations, which could result in a delay of AB 890’s January 1, 2023, implementation date. In 2022, California Senate pro Tempore Toni Atkins introduced SB 1375, which clarifies the TTP requirement by specifying that an NP with at least three full-time equivalent years or 4,600 hours of experience can practice independently. SB 1375 will allow qualified NPs to begin practicing independently in 2023 who otherwise may be delayed, given the timeline of the AB 890 regulations.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (1 page))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918557479206676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918557479206676