Advanced practice nurse

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Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs), also known as Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs), are Registered Nurses with advanced education, knowledge, skills, and scope of practice.[1] Most APNs possess a master's or doctoral degree in nursing and may also sit for additional certification examinations.

APNs may function as a certified nurse midwife (CNM), certified (registered) nurse practitioner (NP, CNP, or CRNP), clinical nurse specialist (CNS) or certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA). They perform primary health care, provide services, diagnose, prescribe, carry out Nursing research, and educate the public and other health professionals. Some APNs diagnose illness and prescribe medication. While historically, nurse practitioners provided primary care, increasingly they are found in specialty care settings such as psychiatry, cardiology, pediatrics, orthopedics, neurology, interventional radiology, and others.

Depending on state regulations, advanced practice credentials have requirements such as continuing education and periodic re-examination to maintain the credential.

Advanced practice nurses can expect to earn above-average salaries, especially as the population ages and the demand for highly skilled health care workers grows proportionally.

  1. ^ American Nurses Association.
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