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Vermont nurse practitioners ask Health & Welfare committee to consult clinicians on pending bills
Summary
Members of the Vermont Nurse Practitioners Association told the Senate Health & Welfare Committee that nurse practitioners provide full-scope care across settings, highlighted workforce and rural-access challenges, and asked to be included in legislation on birthing centers, a statewide health-care plan and payment reform.
Members of the Vermont Nurse Practitioners Association told the Senate Health & Welfare Committee that nurse practitioners provide full-scope primary and specialty care and asked lawmakers to involve them in pending bills, including a birthing-center bill, a statewide health-care planning measure and payment-reform proposals.
Doctor Virgen Vienbreese, a doctorally prepared nurse practitioner at Gifford Medical Center who serves on the association’s legislative committee, summarized the profession’s training and scope: “Nurse practitioners are highly skilled advanced practice providers. We all begin our studies as registered nurses … we attend a master's or doctoral program geared toward the population…
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