CAZNAP
Coalition of Arizona Nurses in Advanced Practice
Electronically linked...Electronically united

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Welcome to the official website of the Coalition of Arizona Nurses in Advanced Practice.  This is a grassroots effort to enhance the unity and communication of Advanced Practice Nurses in the state of Arizona.  Everyday we render medical services to all types of populations.  We assess, diagnose, and treat illness in collaboration with physicians.  We ask for fair representation and fair reimbursement for the services we render.  Below are links that further explain our cause...

Mission/Objective

COMMUNICATION WITH EACH OTHER We are becoming an information depository and exchange for documents to assist Arizona APNs. We wish to offer an area where all APNs can get legislative and legal information related to NP practice. Continue communicating with each other via CAZNAP listserv to discuss problems and solutions related to obtaining contracts and payments.
COMMUNICATION WITH GOVERNING BODIES AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS This includes taking consensus from the group members about important issues and presenting CAZNAP’s views as one voice representing a large number of APNs.
COMMUNICATION WITH PAYORS We will meet with key parties in each insurance company on behalf of CAZNAP to gain acceptance of APNs as Primary Care Providers. We want to see APNs allowed to officially fill the role that they currently fill as “unacknowledged” and unreimbursed providers. This process requires both education of the payers regarding what we already do for patients, and challenges of the current policies that exclude us from acknowledgment and payment.
COLLABORATION WITH PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS We desire to work with existing Advanced Practice professional groups on our common goals. This is already happening on a national level. United we stand, divided we no longer have a profession! Currently, CAZNAP and its mission is recognized by the Arizona Nurse’s Association NP Council. We also have leaders at national levels who read the listserv, from organizations including American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and American College of Nurse Practitioners. It helps to have them available, they keep us for reinventing the wheel.

Request for Membership

Membership with CAZNAP is free and open to all Advanced Practice Nurses and students of Arizona, and other areas where applicable. In order to gain membership with CAZNAP which averages about 20-30 emails a day, please submit the form below. The information requested is for verification purposes only and is not sold or reproduced for commercial organizations or ventures.

Intention:

Full Name:

RN License number and/or University APN program attending:

Reference/Referrer's name:

Email address for listserv correspondence:


Please Note: Completion of this application does not guarantee access or members with CAZNAP. We reserve the right to decide membership on a case by case basis. This is a diverse community that may contain alternate and sometimes controversal viewpoints on various subjects. Your non-judgemental attitudes and ongoing professionalism is appreciated.

Erich Widemark, NP-C
CAZNAP Listserv Moderator