Do State and National Policy Initiatives Always Align?

According to the National Academy of Medicine Committee on Quality Health Care in America, “the American health care system is in need of fundamental change.” [...]NPs often have trouble making improvements without also making difficult concessions, and although the processes or perspectives of state and national organizations may sometimes seem different, the goal of FPA for all NPs is the same.COUNTERPOINT Thad Wilson Thad Wilson, PhD, FNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, is president and professor of the Research College of Nursing in Kansas City, Missouri. Because of the experience in Missouri and other states, I believe that legislative baby steps may do us more harm than good.