The Veterans Health Administration's proposal for APRN full-practice authority.

Anne Lambert-Kerzner Michelle Lucatorto Marina McCreight Katherine M Williams Kelty B Fehling Jamie Peterson Edward Hess Robert Plumley Amy Ladebue Catherine Battaglia

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Anne Lambert-Kerzner is a health services researcher at the Denver VA Medical Center, Denver, Colo. Michelle Lucatorto is an APRN at the Veterans Health Administration, Washington, D.C. Marina McCreight is a health science specialist at Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, Colo. Katherine M. Williams is a health science specialist at Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, Colo. Kelty B. Fehling is a health science specialist at the Veterans Health Administration, Denver, Colo. Jamie Peterson is a research registered nurse at Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, Colo. Amy Ladebue is a research assistant at Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, Colo. Catherine Battaglia is a nurse scientist at Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Denver, Colo. Edward Hess is a biostatistician at the University of Colorado, Aurora, Colo. Robert Plumley is a data manager at the Health Services Research and Development Center, Seattle, Wash.

Published: November 2016

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is proposing full-practice authority for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to improve access, care delivery, and patient choice, as well as reduce costs. The authors performed a mixed-methods assessment to obtain the perspectives of administrators and APRNs on the characterization of the APRN workforce and their present practice in the VHA.

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