William F. Connell School of Nursing

Keynote Speaker

northeast regional nurse practitioner conference

Jan_Towers (3)-1

 

Jan Towers, PhD, NP-C, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP
Director of Health Policy/Federal Government & Professional Affairs, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Washington, DC.

 

Opportunities Through Changing Times: Policy, Politics and NP's
What this means for you as an NP - health care policy reform, economics, medical home, CMS, pay for performance, reimbursement, prespriptive practices and more - all in an election year.

Thursday May 3rd, 2012
8:30 - 9:45 AM

Dr. Towers is the nation's leading expert on regulatory, legislative and policy issues related to NP practice. She has served on the national advisory comittee for the primary care initiatives grants sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The author of numerous publications related to nurse practitioner practice, she is also founding editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.