Fellow APNs, I would like your comments and ideas.  We all know that the current law establishing the minimum  3600 hours for prescriptive authority has been a barrier for graduates in Colorado.  We, also know that the demand for a preceptorship and mentorship by a physician is difficult to establish.  NPATCH will draw up some recommendations for DORA and I think DNA 30 should speak up and provide some recommendations from the people who are practicing APNs.

• What do you think the minimum hours for prescriptive authority should be?
  
  
• Should graduates have both preceptors and mentors or just mentors?
  
  
• Or if a different type of post graduate training would be defined what would that be?

Please share your ideas here or in an email to me. I would like to have some thoughts to share with NPATCH by the next DNA 30 meeting.

Thanks,

M. David Rodriguez
mdavidfnp@yahoo.com