Scope Of Practice Barriers In Nursing Essay

Throughout society, located within the media and within our own facilities, the topic of patients’ receiving high-quality, cost-effective care continues to be a popular topic. To address this topic, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), was initiated in 2010, cost-effective care, accessibility, as well as high-quality of care has become the primary focus of healthcare providers (Obama, 2016). Since the passing of the ACA, the percentage of Americans not insured has declines drastically by 43% (Obama, 2016). Since this initiation in the legislature, the Institute of Medicine formulated a report to coincide with the ACA to identify how the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, (APRN) can partake in the political process in relation to health care policy.

The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Report, The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, details the exact role the APRN has on the ability to advocate, initiate, and engage policies and recommendations within the healthcare setting to support proposed policies (The Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2011). The

The IOM Report recommends that scope-of-practice barriers should be removed (IOM, 2011). As an APRN, the healthcare provider should be able to care for patients at the same level as physicians’ and other healthcare members as they too have participated in extensive educational requirements as well as passing a certification board test. Once the provider is given the title of APRN, this should be deemed that the provider is reliable as well as able to provide high-effective and safe care to members within the community. According to the IOM Report (2011), there are changes that can be proposed upon within the Legislative branch and Congress, all the way to the state legislators, as well as within the APRN’s own working facility (IOM,