National Nurse Practitioner Week - November 8 through 14

National Nurse Practitioner Week - November 8 through 14 WHEREAS , nurse practitioners (NPs) play a critical role as trusted providers of health care for patients in our state, working to expand health care access in underserved communities and promote health equity in care; and WHEREAS , patients depend on the approximately 3,170 licensed NPs in Maine to diagnose, manage, and treat their chronic and acute health care conditions; and WHEREAS , NPs provide high-quality primary, acute and specialty health care services while emphasizing health education, disease prevention and counseling, guiding patients to make smarter health and lifestyle choices every day; and WHEREAS , more than five decades of research demonstrates the high quality of care provided by NPs, and the confidence that patients have in NP-delivered health care is evidenced by the more than 1 billion visits made annually to NPs across the country; and WHEREAS , better utilization of NPs through modernized state laws and improved policies creates better health through a more accessible, efficient, cost-effective, and higher-quality health care system; and WHEREAS , leading governmental and policy entities including the

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