Emory Becoming an APRN

This article looks at the way ENPs have and can continue to impact the care of patients in the Emergency room

This book highlights the development of the nurse practitioner movement. The current state of practice is defined and the potential growth of the role is explored.

The article provides a good comprehensive timeline of the history of Advanced Practice Nurse specialties.

The article explores how Emergency Nurse Practitioners views their role within the Emergency Department and Emergency Care Team.

Meant to share this when we did our timelines. This was cited as a pinnacle article for the NP profession. It demonstrates that NPs give just as effective care as physicians in a primary care setting when given equal authority and responsibility. Research from JAMA - Primary Care Outcomes in Patients Treated by Nurse Practitioners or Physicians - A Randomized Trial - ContextStudies have suggested that the quality of primary care delivered by nurse practitioners is equal to that of physicians.

Landmark article showing primary care from NP vs MD was not different.

This article gives a great glimpse into the need for ENP programs in order to support our health system in emergency care. It was written in 2011, so before ENP certification was approved by the ANCC.

This article gives an easy to read understanding of the how the nursing profession evolved into what it is today and the hoops it jumped through to get there.

This article discusses the evolution of the WHNP. While I am in the FNP program, I plan to specialize in women's health which is why I picked this article. The conclusion of this article notes that the WHNP is moving to becoming a focus area in a FNP or ANP curriculum (or at least that was the author's opinion in 2009). I have found programs which allow for a specialty in women's and gender-related health care such as the following at Columbia and University of Pennsylvania. (Columbia: http://nursing.columbia.edu/course-list/Womens-Health ; U Penn: http://www.nursing.upenn.edu/whcs/Pages/WHCNPProgram.aspx)

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

This article discusses how the role of the Nurse Practitioner profession has expanded around the world. They outline the "developmental progress" of the role in the United States and compare the role development of the NP to that of Erickson's developmental stages in children. Interesting read!

These are the Adult Gero Acute Care NP competencies that were developed by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) in 2012. Interesting that these were only developed 3 years ago!

This article discusses how overall outcomes are better for patients when ACNP are members of a unit or service-based provider team. It also touches on how to hire ACNP for different patient populations.

Chapter 1 covers the history of Midwifery in the US

brief view into how NICUs were started and the major events leading to development of NP role in the NICU

press find it in emory for the article

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defines mentorship. link to the article.