Empowerment is to give power or authorize (Empowerment, n.d.); autonomy is acting independently (Autonomy, n.d.). Empowerment and autonomy supports APRN to formulate recommendations built on expertise, discretion, and knowledge (Petersen, Keller, Way, & Borges, 2015). The PPACA supports the practice of the APRN. The PPACA incorporates ten titles: Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans; The Role of Public Programs; Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Health Care; Prevention of Chronic Disease and Improving Public Health; Health Care Workforce; Transparency and Program Integrity; Improving Access to Innovative Medical Therapies; Community Living Assistance Services and Supports; Revenue Provisions; and Reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (The Affordable Care Act,
Empowerment is to give power or authorize (Empowerment, n.d.); autonomy is acting independently (Autonomy, n.d.). Empowerment and autonomy supports APRN to formulate recommendations built on expertise, discretion, and knowledge (Petersen, Keller, Way, & Borges, 2015). The PPACA supports the practice of the APRN. The PPACA incorporates ten titles: Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans; The Role of Public Programs; Improving the Quality and Efficiency of Health Care; Prevention of Chronic Disease and Improving Public Health; Health Care Workforce; Transparency and Program Integrity; Improving Access to Innovative Medical Therapies; Community Living Assistance Services and Supports; Revenue Provisions; and Reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (The Affordable Care Act,