Advocacy & Impact
A stronger voice for APRNs and the communities they serve.
NHNPA works to protect and improve the APRN practice environment, advance sound healthcare policy, and ensure that advanced practice nurses are represented wherever decisions about healthcare, workforce, access, and patient care are being made.
Our advocacy extends beyond individual bills. We build relationships, contribute clinical expertise, participate in coalitions and commissions, and help members understand when and how their voices can make a difference.
When APRNs have a strong voice in policy, Granite Staters have a stronger healthcare system.
Advocacy in action
How Advocacy Creates Change
We are developing additional resources to show how advocacy begins with an observation, grows through collaboration, and creates meaningful change through legislation, regulation, professional practice, representation, and the everyday actions of APRNs and their partners across New Hampshire.
We listen. We lead. We inform. We deliver.
Advocacy outcomes
2026 Summer Reading Series
A four-part look back at the 2026 legislative session, the work NHNPA carried forward on behalf of APRNs, and the issues already shaping the year ahead.
Part 1
The Session in Numbers
A look at the 48 health-related measures NHNPA tracked, the progress of SB 453, and the priorities that did not advance this year.
Part 2
Advocating on Multiple Fronts
How member feedback helped change a proposed CPR mandate into a recommendation, along with NHNPA’s Medicaid coalition and rural-health workforce advocacy.
Part 3
Beyond New Hampshire
The federal fight over student-loan treatment for advanced nursing education and how NHNPA members joined the broader advocacy effort.
Part 4 · Looking ahead
What’s Next
The issues expected to shape NHNPA’s preparation for 2027, including artificial intelligence in healthcare, vaccine legislation, unfinished legislative priorities, and opportunities for members to help set the agenda.
Member voice
Your Experience Matters
Policymakers need to understand how proposed decisions affect practices, communities, and patients.
NHNPA helps members turn their professional experience into a clear, informed voice for the profession.
Long-term engagement
Advocacy Is the Work of Showing Up
It means staying informed, building relationships, speaking clearly, and remaining engaged long after a single vote or hearing has ended.
Together, NHNPA members help shape a stronger practice environment and a healthier future for New Hampshire.
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