American College of Nurse Practitioners Announces 2004 Public Policy Agenda
The American College of Nurse Practitioners has released their 2004 ACNP Public Policy Agenda, a comprehensive list of the legislative priorities of ACNP over the next year. Included in the 2004 agenda is an overall mission of supporting "public policy initiatives that seek to increase access to affordable, high quality health care for all," as well as three very specific areas of concern, including advocacy for the use of provider-neutral language and for the removal of barriers to practice and reimbursement for all nurse practitioners.
Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 10, 2004—-The American College of Nurse
Practitioners (ACNP) has released the 2004 ACNP Public Policy Agenda for the
organization, a comprehensive list of the legislative priorities of the College
over the next year.
ACNP’s annual Public Policy Agenda is set and
approved by the membership of the organization at the National Nurse
Practitioner Summit each February in Washington, DC. ACNP’s Public Policy
Committee is charged with refining the agenda’s final version into a document
that prioritizes the advocacy activities of the College and the membership.
To view the 2004 ACNP Public Policy Agenda, visit the ACNP website and
the Public Policy section at www.acnpweb.org/leg.
The 2005 ACNP National Nurse
Practitioner Summit will be held February 4-7, 2005 at the Renaissance Mayflower
Hotel in Washington, DC. For additional information about ACNP’s Summit,
National Clinical Conference and other activities, visit www.acnpweb.org.
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/4/prweb117501.htm