How NPs can fulfill the role of healthcare in rural America

The AAFP view on primary care for the 21st century and how NPs an help to bridge the healthcare gap.

This article was presented by the National Governors Association on the role that NPs can fill in healthcare

Nurse Practitioner Workforce Article

Advice from NPs who have "been there, done that"

interesting article on beginning NP practice and choosing a first job

None of the links for prescriptive authority worked. This is the GA medical board link that oversees all APRNs prescriptive authority. We will need to apply through them to obtain our DEA license.

Pediatric Primary Care application for certification through ANCC

This is the application process through the AANP.

This link shows all the certifying bodies available and has links to those websites The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is the largest and only full-service national professional membership organization for nurse practitioners (NPs) of all specialties.

How nurse practitioners obtained provider status. This is a more comprehensive overview versus what the AAPN had.

This is a timeline from the AANP on the history of our profession.

This is an interesting article about the nurse practitioner residency programs that they discussed today.