title: Politicization of health professions regulation.
abstract: Professions evolve through five stages of development--ideology, implementation, evaluation, incorporation, and maturation. Further, the development and implementation of health professions regulation is fraught with political overtones. This article provides an analysis of regulation in advanced practice nursing as it relates to the other health professions and presents efforts to reform health professions regulation using strategies offered by major philanthropic foundations.
authors.affiliation: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Felton
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000639:trends*; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D011057:Politics; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D014481:United States