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Dayton, Ohio · One of the largest nurse organizations is trying to change the way some nurses receive their clinical training by allowing them to participate in residencies now used by physicians. Proponents say this would allow nurses to expand their training and become more widely recognized as the medical providers they are. Currently only physicians are allowed to participate in on of the 9,500+ residencies accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). The proposed changes would allow any Advance Practice Nurse to apply and compete with medical school graduated for these positions.
The nursing organization points to the planned influx of previously osteopathic residencies as evidence that there are plenty of training positions to go around. ACGME is expected to receive more than 3,000 additional residency positions by 2020. Proponents explain there are not enough US medical graduates to fill all these positions. The are 18,700 US medical graduated every year leaving more than 4,000 positions open before even including the additional osteopathic seats. Many times programs take in graduates from foreign medical schools to fill an empty position. “It is ridiculous that an organization would take a foreign medical student over an American nurse practitioner”, says Jill Trevors, a nurse practitioner in Dayton.
Any change to medical residencies would require Congressional approval as this training is financed by Medicare. American Review for Education of Nurse Training (ARENT) is a not for profit currently focused on lobbying Congress to allow such a change. Efforts are being spent to highlight the often overlooked nature of many nurses in healthcare.
Debbie Constantine, spokeswoman for ARENT, says nurses would be a welcome addition to medical residencies. “Nurses and other modern providers have always excelled in treating their patients in a respectful and holistic manner. These qualities are sorely needed in the high intensity, high burnout world of traditional providers.”
This a small excerpt for the article. Original can be found here .
The nursing organization points to the planned influx of previously osteopathic residencies as evidence that there are plenty of training positions to go around. ACGME is expected to receive more than 3,000 additional residency positions by 2020. Proponents explain there are not enough US medical graduates to fill all these positions. The are 18,700 US medical graduated every year leaving more than 4,000 positions open before even including the additional osteopathic seats. Many times programs take in graduates from foreign medical schools to fill an empty position. “It is ridiculous that an organization would take a foreign medical student over an American nurse practitioner”, says Jill Trevors, a nurse practitioner in Dayton.
Any change to medical residencies would require Congressional approval as this training is financed by Medicare. American Review for Education of Nurse Training (ARENT) is a not for profit currently focused on lobbying Congress to allow such a change. Efforts are being spent to highlight the often overlooked nature of many nurses in healthcare.
Debbie Constantine, spokeswoman for ARENT, says nurses would be a welcome addition to medical residencies. “Nurses and other modern providers have always excelled in treating their patients in a respectful and holistic manner. These qualities are sorely needed in the high intensity, high burnout world of traditional providers.”
This a small excerpt for the article. Original can be found here .
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