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Crain’s New York Business

Nurse practitioners employed by New York State are suing the Department of Civil Service over alleged pay discrimination in a field dominated by women making far less than their physician counterparts.

The vast majority of nurse practitioners are women. In 2021, 92% were female statewide, according to the Center for Health Workforce Studies at SUNY Albany. By contrast, only 40% of active physicians in New York State in 2020 were female, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.

The number of nurse practitioners in New York has increased in recent years. The state issued more than 4,000 licenses in 2023, a 57% increase from 2019, according to data from the state Education Department. Close to half the 32,000 nurse practitioners in the state specialize in family health, with a plurality in adult health, psychiatry, pediatrics and acute care, the data show.

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Becker’s Hospital Review

To modernize healthcare practices, regulations limiting nurses and physician assistants should be revised, according to a perspective piece published Feb. 12 in The New England Journal of Medicine. 

Authored by eight directors of health workforce research centers, the commentary suggested states implement the same scope-of-practice laws and regulations across health professions.

The authors’ collective research hasn’t found anything to support claims that relaxing scope of practice for nurses harms patients, Bianca Frogner, PhD, director of the Center for Health Workforce Studies and an associate professor at Seattle-based University of Washington School of Medicine, said in a news release. She said most studies find that relaxing scope of practice expands access and the quality of care is the same as that delivered by physicians.

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DailyNurse.com

The Nurse Practitioner Association New York State (NPA) recently cited a new study outlining the increasing number and influence of nurse practitioners in the state in celebration of National Nurse Practitioner Week 2017, November 12-18.

Stephen Ferrara, DNP, FNP, FAANP, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs at Columbia School of Nursing and Executive Director of The NPA, stated in a press release, “Nurse Practitioners focus not only on diagnosing and managing acute and chronic illnesses, but also on integrating evidence based practice, health promotion, disease prevention, and patient education to help patients understand their complete health picture. We thank SUNY Albany’s School of Public Health for their study highlighting the professional credentials and expanding role of NPs as vital providers of health care to people throughout New York State.”

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