Celebrating Veterans Day 2014

FNPN sends our gratitude and respect to all veterans who have served our country with honor. To those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, you will never be forgotten. To our members who have served, we thank you! For military families, we appreciate all you do. FNPN supports Joining Forces and has adopted Operation Military Kids in Florida providing medical supplies to the kid camps. if you have a comment to share about what Veterans Day means to you, please share with your fellow members!

Also we are sharing this VA letter information from AANP and need your help! Please all send a letter! Let's help VA NPs achieve a federalized practice model that removes antiquated state practice laws that will set the new model for states like Floruda that still restrict NP practice.  

• Veterans Health Administration and Veterans Day

On the Eve of Veterans Day, it is with great respect and deep appreciation for our veterans that we work to ensure that federal policymakers understand the leadership role nurse practitioners play in delivering quality care to our nation's veterans. As improvements to the policies governing the VA health care system are debated, we must make certain that the high level of health care delivered by the more than 4,000 NPs currently practicing in the VA is well understood by our elected officials, as well as, the advantages that NPs can further provide if allowed to practice to their full scope throughout the VA system. We urge you to send letters to both VA Secretary McDonald and to your Members of Congress encouraging them to institute policies that will provide our veterans timely access to care by allowing NPs to practice to their full scope.

Ask VA Secretary Robert McDonald to support and implement the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) plan to recognize NPs' abilities to practice to their full scope throughout the VHA system
Support the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) plan to recognize NPs ability to practice to their full scope throughout the VHA system   http://capwiz.com/aanp/issues/alert/?alertid=63290181