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 article is about scope of practice and gives a state by state analysis of regulations and how the 2008 consensus applies.

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

Interesting viewpoint of the history of nurse midwifery education in the US, as well as a brief history on the speciality in general.

Dawley clearly outlines the critical role birth centers and home birth during the 1930's and 1940's played in the developed of our current professional midwifery culture.

This article takes an in depth look at the history of the NNP role in the Unites States. It was the only free article that I could find and provided ample information about the history of the specialty. Thanks Cheri for your initial post of this article earlier in the week, it was extremely helpful.

This is an interesting article with many varied references, discussing the history of midwifery throughout the world and since the dawn of human civilization. The authors state their interest in identifying the "macro" and "micro" socio-cultural factors that have shaped the development of the midwifery profession, focusing on the concept of "care" and on midwifery as the world's first holistic profession.

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2003 Mar-Apr;48(2):86-95. Historical Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. This article looks at the early history of nurse-midwifery in the US and the social and political changes that aided its expansion in the 1940s.

This article from the AACN provides a good summary of the history of the AGACNP role up to the development of the consensus model, and developments afterwards until 2011, when the article was published. It also provides advice to readers on how to react to the consensus model.

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

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.

This article provides an in-depth look at the scope of practice of acute care nurse practitioners. It touches on the history of the nurse practitioner role and how the acute role was developed from there. It also states that the first acute care nurse practitioners to be established were NNPs.

Thanks so much for finding this article! Exactly what I needed, and seeing as I was searching for stuff a couple hours and didnt find this, I know it wasnt easy, so thanks!

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

Here is another brief, yet insightful read on the evolution of midwifery in the US.

This is a brief summary of the history of midwifery and beginnings of nurse-midwifery in the United States.Though the statistics are a bit dated, the article also has some recent data on the positive impact of the recent resurgence of midwifery practice since it began declining in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It also discusses the profession of nurse-midwifery's close ties with public health and under served communities.