Emory Becoming an APRN

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 timeline is great as it shows monumental dates in history not only related to midwifery, but also to social justice, economic changes, political changes, etc. in our country. I think its important to relate what is going on in our profession to what is happening in the country/city/world in which we work. It creates some perspective on why things happen when they do.

This article is very relevant to our discussion today in lecture. It speaks to the consensus model, our primary certification after graduation, and then speciality certification. Additionally the articles outlines what is required to work in the ED. A concise and easy to follow article.

This is an interesting article that conducted a lit review to see how expanding the scope of practice for APRNs would affect health care delivery and costs in Ohio. Although it is specific to Ohio, the lit review they did highlights many benefits to full practice authority that could be generalized to any state.

An interesting article that opines about the DNP. Here's a fairly provocative quote: "When viewed together, doctorally prepared nurses do not spend the majority of their time in direct patient care, but rather in research (11%), education (32%), and administration (30%). With these demanding roles, they cannot be expected to maintain expert levels of clinical competence required for teaching APN students. While research and practice are critical components of nursing, each requires a different skill set and education."

Hi All- This report provides a lot of great information about the role of the APRN in providing primary care in Georgia with citations to a lot of the information we have learned about in classes.

This article provides clarification regarding physician delegation to APRN's in GA.

Great resource for information regarding patient's opinions towards seeing APRNs.

This article examines the documented positive impact of full practice legislation on patient outcomes. Potentially avoidable hospitalizations, readmission rates after inpatient rehabilitation, and nursing home resident hospitalizations were explored. States with full practice of nurse practitioners have lower hospitalization rates in all examined groups and improved health outcomes in their communities.

This article outlines the Core Competencies of Midwifery set in place by ACNM. This publication serves as a template for Nurse mIdwifery education.

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

This article chronicles the history of nursing and how expanding the role of nurses was initially justified. It discusses how this expanded role eventually became the role of the nurse practitioner that we are familiar with today.

I found this article to be completely fascinating as I was almost completely unaware of the history of the APRN role. I have heard of Lillian Wald and Mary Breckenridge but didn't know the full extent of their backgrounds. I enjoyed the history provided in this article and feel that it was a perfect reading to begin my APRN transition. It provided some important information on how the role of the nurse changed and was diminished by ourselves (ANA) before being re-expanded in the 1960s with the role of the NP. I'd love to hear what others think and if you have other interesting historical articles on the background of the APRN role!

This resource goes into details on the role of the NNP and shows the progression of how the profession has come to be established and known as a provider.

Nurs Clin North Am. 2009 Sep;44(3):271-80. doi: 10.1016/j.cnur.2009.06.006. Historical Article