Opinion
Lack of labels boosts policies’ popularity with NC voters
NC voters show strong support for education scholarships, reduced health care regulation, and more freedom for nurses to do their jobs.
Opinion
Let nurses fix NC’s health care shortage
NC is one of only 12 states that still requires advanced practice registered nurses to maintain a costly, physician‑supervised collaborative practice agreement before they can see patients on their own.
Opinion
Regulations on NC nurses are unfair, anticompetitive, and expensive
APRNs are educated and trained to collaborate with other health-care professionals; they do not need a law to mandate artificial business relationships with physician “supervisors” to provide quality care.
News
Locke brief urges NC Supreme Court to avoid stifling state’s health care access
The N.C. Supreme Court’s decision in a pending medical malpractice case could help or hinder efforts to boost health care access in North Carolina. The John Locke Foundation makes that argument in a new friend-of-the-court brief filed Wednesday.
News
Red tape keeps some nurses from volunteering to help coronavirus patients
Regulations continue to prevent advanced nurse practitioners from volunteering to care for sick or injured people in North Carolina. To treat patients, nurse practitioners must fall under the supervision of a physician. In fact, nurse practitioners often meet with their supervisor only twice a year, yet still pay thousands of dollars to comply. The nurse...
