Webcast Transcript: New Rounds for Nurses? A Look at Expanded Roles Proposed for Advanced Practice Nurses

Thank you for joining Modern Healthcare's editorial webcast. Today we'll hear a discussion on new roles and responsibilities proposed for advanced-practice nurses. A recent report from the Institute of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recommends that giving nurses new leadership roles and care-giving authority will be the right prescription under healthcare reform as demand for services is expected to surge, especially in primary care.

But what would this mean for a traditional nurse-physician relationship, and what are some roadblocks to the new model? Before we begin, we have a few housekeeping items to address: Your phones will stay in listen-only mode during the entire webcast. However, listeners can send question throughout the event. Our moderator will try to ask as many of those as possible before this hour is up.

You can find the questions window on the right-hand side of your screen connected to the webcast dashboard that appeared when you first joined the call. A recording of today's discussion will be available on our website, ModernHealthcare.com.

Within a few days, all attendees will receive a follow-up e-mail, including a link to that recording. Now I'd like to turn the webcast over to Joe Carlson, a Modern Healthcare reporter and the moderator for today's webcast. He will introduce our panelists. Joe.