PASSED: CNS-Certified Nurses Granted APRN Status with Prescribing Authority!
Posted about 6 years ago by Denise Tucker
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Advanced Practice Nursing: PASSED
House Bill 1337 by Rep. Cary Pigman and Sen. Jeff Brandes revises current statute to comply with recommendations included in the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Consensus Model intended as guidance for states to adopt uniformity in the regulation of APRN roles. Specifically, the bill changes the term “advanced registered nurse practitioner (ARNP)” to “advanced practice registered nurse (APRN)” throughout Florida Statutes. It also creates a separate license for APRNs and adds advanced practice nurses certified as clinical nurse specialists to the category of APRN, thus granting them the same prescribing authority as APRNs. Upon approval of the Governor, this legislation becomes effective on October 1, 2018. FHA supported this legislation.