title: The impact of interprofessional collaboration on the effectiveness, significance, and future of advanced practice registered nurses.
abstract: Interprofessional collaboration was essential for the conduct of research that demonstrated the effectiveness and significance of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in providing care, in reducing health care costs, and in developing innovative models of care for the nation's citizens. If the 2010 Affordable Care Act is to be implemented, APRNs, with their expertise and numbers, are essential to its implementation. Continued interdisciplinary collaboration is needed to expand the scope of APRN state practice regulations, to change reimbursement for APRN services, and to mute opposition to these changes by medical organizations.
authors.affiliation: Florida International University College of Nursing & Health Sciences, 11200 Southwest 8th Street, AHC III, Room 221, Miami, FL 33199, USA. Brooten@fiu.edu
authors.forename: Dorothy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brooten
authors.forename: JoAnne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Youngblut
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hannan
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guido-Sanz
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States