Stucky Christopher H, Brown William J, Stucky Michelle G
Department of Nursing, Center for Nursing Science and Clinical Inquiry, Womack Army Medical Center, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, USA.
Department of Nursing, Center for Nursing Science and Clinical Inquiry, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany.
Nurs Forum. 2021 Jan;56(1):222-227. doi: 10.1111/nuf.12515. Epub 2020 Oct 12.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic ushered in a new era for advanced practice registered nurses, as emergency regulatory and policy changes expanded the nurse practitioner (NP) scope of practice. The legislative changes enabled NPs to bolster the national pandemic response by working to the full extent of their education and training. The changes are only temporary, and many have contemplated the permanent impact of COVID-19 when healthcare transitions to a postpandemic normal. NPs now have a unique opportunity to educate others about the merit of their role and advocate for permanent legislative changes. In this creative controversy manuscript, we build a case that national NP full practice authority increases access to care and is vital for a sustainable and resilient healthcare system that can react to future pandemic crises.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行开启了高级执业注册护士的新时代，因为紧急监管和政策变化扩大了执业护士（NP）的执业范围。这些立法变化使执业护士能够充分发挥其教育和培训水平，加强国家对疫情的应对。这些变化只是暂时的，许多人已经在思考当医疗保健过渡到疫情后的常态时，COVID-19的长期影响。现在，执业护士有一个独特的机会向其他人宣传其角色的价值，并倡导永久性的立法变革。在这篇具有创新性争议的手稿中，我们提出一个观点，即全国性的执业护士全面执业权能增加医疗服务的可及性，对于一个能够应对未来大流行危机的可持续且有韧性的医疗保健系统至关重要。
