Supply Issues In Health Care: Healthcare Policy And Economics
Supply Issues in Health Care
Chastity Shelton
HA415: Healthcare Policy & Economics
February 3, 2015
Professor Chelsea Allen
Supply Issues in Health Care
For five decades nurse practitioners have been providing safe, effective, quality primary care services to all ages and populations. As a testament to their commitment and excellence nurse practitioners are being chosen as provider of choice by millions of Americans. Becoming a skilled provider is a dynamic process that occurs over time. Effective role development is essential in becoming a dynamic, compassionate, and knowledgeable clinician.
In the past, “nurses functioned independently and autonomously before the rise of organized medicine”, so the nurse practitioner (NP) role was not …show more content…
According to Lucille (2009), the physician’s assistant role, established in 1961, stemmed from a disagreement in the curriculum of advanced practice nurses, the use of physician instructors in lieu of nursing instructors, and an overall non-supportive stance for the advancement of nursing. While both roles share a common goal of providing patient-centered quality health care and require physician supervision, in Michigan, there educational experience and methodology differ greatly. Nurse practitioners build on their skills and education received as a registered nurse, and progress to either a master or doctorate level. Conversely, physician assistants require two years of college work in basic and behavioral sciences in addition to prior healthcare experience before being accepted into a master’s level program. Differences in methodology are attributed to caring versus curing. Nurses have a strong background in theory and have caring engrained into their practice, whereas PAs garner their education primarily from physicians and are more focused on curative processes. Both roles are invaluable and need to be utilized to their fullest potential to eliminate the bottle neck we are going to experience when the ACA is fully …show more content…
M. (2010). Essentials of Health Economics. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
AANP. (2014). Historical timeline. Retrieved from http://www.aanp.org/about-aanp/historical-timeline.
AANP. (2014). State practice environment. Retrieved from http://www.aanp.org/legislation-regulation/state-legislation-regulation/state-practice-environment
Aleccia, J. (2013). Bracing for Obamacare: Nurse practitioners fill doc shortage gap. Retrieved from http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/bracing-obamacare-nurse-practitioners-fill-doc-shortage-gap-f6C10849957
HHS. (n.d). Health care providers: The top five things you need to know about the affordable care act. Retrieved from
Chastity Shelton
HA415: Healthcare Policy & Economics
February 3, 2015
Professor Chelsea Allen
Supply Issues in Health Care
For five decades nurse practitioners have been providing safe, effective, quality primary care services to all ages and populations. As a testament to their commitment and excellence nurse practitioners are being chosen as provider of choice by millions of Americans. Becoming a skilled provider is a dynamic process that occurs over time. Effective role development is essential in becoming a dynamic, compassionate, and knowledgeable clinician.
In the past, “nurses functioned independently and autonomously before the rise of organized medicine”, so the nurse practitioner (NP) role was not …show more content…
According to Lucille (2009), the physician’s assistant role, established in 1961, stemmed from a disagreement in the curriculum of advanced practice nurses, the use of physician instructors in lieu of nursing instructors, and an overall non-supportive stance for the advancement of nursing. While both roles share a common goal of providing patient-centered quality health care and require physician supervision, in Michigan, there educational experience and methodology differ greatly. Nurse practitioners build on their skills and education received as a registered nurse, and progress to either a master or doctorate level. Conversely, physician assistants require two years of college work in basic and behavioral sciences in addition to prior healthcare experience before being accepted into a master’s level program. Differences in methodology are attributed to caring versus curing. Nurses have a strong background in theory and have caring engrained into their practice, whereas PAs garner their education primarily from physicians and are more focused on curative processes. Both roles are invaluable and need to be utilized to their fullest potential to eliminate the bottle neck we are going to experience when the ACA is fully …show more content…
M. (2010). Essentials of Health Economics. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
AANP. (2014). Historical timeline. Retrieved from http://www.aanp.org/about-aanp/historical-timeline.
AANP. (2014). State practice environment. Retrieved from http://www.aanp.org/legislation-regulation/state-legislation-regulation/state-practice-environment
Aleccia, J. (2013). Bracing for Obamacare: Nurse practitioners fill doc shortage gap. Retrieved from http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/bracing-obamacare-nurse-practitioners-fill-doc-shortage-gap-f6C10849957
HHS. (n.d). Health care providers: The top five things you need to know about the affordable care act. Retrieved from