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Practice research serves as the certification framework for validating advanced practice roles and updating national qualifying examinations. This national study describes the current practice of the acute care pediatric nurse practitioner (AC PNP) to inform an update of the Certified pediatric Nurse Practitioner-Acute Care (CPNP-AC) examination content outline.

Pediatric NP's began training in 1965 in order to enhance the role of the Pediatric nurse; however, since then PNP's are seeking increased autonomy from MD's in order to work to the full extent of the knowledge and skills. The article describes how PNP's are aptly trained to assess kid's who are abused, exploited, neglected, or need immunizations. As a result, PNP's have a unique role, separate from MD's, to enhance any practice.

The primary role of a pediatric acute care nurse practitioner is to provide care for acutely, critically and chronically ill children from newborn to 21 years old. In rare cases, care is extended to individuals older than 21.

This article discusses the history and development of the pediatric APRN role and how it has changed to fit the current needs of the pediatric population.

This article does a wonderful job of providing the historical background to the pediatric nurse practitioner profession. It touches upon some of the most memorable accomplishments that were achieved both in the specialty itself and the influential role it played on the profession of nurse practitioners in all specialties. This was a very beneficial resource that I utilized for my APRN infographic!

This article discusses how the role of NPs came about. It also describes the shortage of providers in the acute care setting and how the role of the Acute Pediatric Nurse Practitioner developed as a result of this.

This resource is a research study analyzing the differences in cost and pediatric patient outcomes between hospital teams run by residents alone, PNP's alone and PNP/MD teams. Overall, the researches concluded that incorporating PNP's into hospital care can reduce costs for patients requiring certain treatments as well as provide care that is comparable to the care given by medical residents.

History of PNP-AC and commentary on the evolving role of PNPs in practice

An overview of the new regulations that states have now that PNP-AC is recognized with it's own board certification.

Timeline on the role of the NP/APRN from the beginning. I like that it's done by decade.

Brief history of AANP

Very helpful timeline of the creation and establishment of NPs

This article shows a timeline and the evolution of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and NAPNAP starting in 1964.

Pediatrics. 2012 Jun;129(6):e1594-600. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2642. Epub 2012 May 14.

Pediatric Primary Care application for certification through ANCC

This site gives new PNPs a starting point and a source to research the many options available to us as APRNs in the pediatric world. I've enjoyed navigating through this site and learning more about what's out there!

This article discusses the role of the acute care pediatric nurse practitioner and how it has developed since its beginning in the 90s. It also dives into the clinical outcomes of AC-PNPs and takes a look at how the role will continue to grow/develop to meet patient needs.

This article talks in depth about the position statement from NAPNAP on the scope of practice for Acute Care PNP.

This article shows how individuality in the APRN roles are critical to good patient care

Briefly describes how GNP is no longer continued since 2014, and that GNP can only be renewed by those who already obtained the GNP. AGNP combines both adults and geriatric population. This is ironic because ANCC still recognizes that there are needs for providers who specializes in our geriatric population just like how pediatrics, but they discontinued GNP.

This article describes the orientation process used in a pediatric cardiac center for APNs to increase confidence in skills, knowledge of role, mentorship, and NP retention during the first year of practice.

This 2015 article, written in the Journal of Pediatric Health Care, discusses the critical importance of intervening and advocating for APRNs to have full practice authority as opposed to the current varying state-by-state practice laws. The author explains the primary reasons for states retaining restrictions on APRN practice are outdated and include lack of awareness of the current scope of practice of APRNs and organized medicine's persistent opposition to expanding the authority of other providers to practice and receive the full amount for their rendered services. The author supports her argument by including the IOM Committee's view; removing APRN practice restrictions would assist in addressing health care access, high-quality care, and an overall healthier population.