Nurse Practitioner Scope of Practice

The goal of the Consensus Model was to standardize the licensure, accreditation, certification and education of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) across the U.S. The APRN Consensus Model defined the four APRN roles: certified nurse practitioner (CNP), certified registered nurse anesthetist...

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Published inThe Wisconsin Nurse Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 10
Main Author Metzger, Mary Beck
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Madison Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc 01.12.2020
Subjects
Advanced practice nurses
Certification
Education
Health care access
Licenses
Nurse practitioners
Nursing
Pediatrics
Population
Primary care
Scope of practice
Womens health
Wyoming
United States > US
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Summary:The goal of the Consensus Model was to standardize the licensure, accreditation, certification and education of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) across the U.S. The APRN Consensus Model defined the four APRN roles: certified nurse practitioner (CNP), certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA), certified nurse midwife (CNM), and clinical nurse specialist (CNS). The model established six population foci that state boards of nursing and national certifying organizations should use to guide APRN licensure and certification requirements: * Family/ Individual Across the Lifespan * Adult- Gerontology * Neonatal * Pediatrics * Women's Health/ Gender-Related * Psychiatric / Mental Health There has been wide variation in APRN programs across states in required course content, credit hours, specialty focus, and competencies/skills of the graduate. The BON set out on a state-wide phased-in communication/education project to bring NPs into compliance with the Wyoming nurse practice act, administrative rules, and the Consensus Model.