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Developing an advanced practice nursing credentialing model for acute care facilities.

Ruth M Kleinpell1, Marilyn Hravnak, Barbara Hinch

  • 1Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Ruth_M_Kleinpell@rush.edu

Nursing Administration Quarterly
|September 25, 2008
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Credentialing advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) in acute care is vital. Ensuring APRNs practice within their full scope requires careful credentialing and privileging processes.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Administration
  • Healthcare Policy
  • Advanced Practice Nursing

Background:

  • Credentialing advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) is crucial in acute care.
  • Challenges exist in fully utilizing APRN scope of practice and capacity.
  • Nursing administrators face difficulties in ensuring proper credentialing and privileging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review concepts of credentialing and privileging for APRNs in acute care.
  • To highlight considerations for optimizing APRN scope of practice recognition.
  • To ensure APRN practice aligns with their training, education, and setting.

Main Methods:

  • Review of credentialing and privileging processes for APRNs.
  • Analysis of factors influencing scope of practice recognition.
  • Consideration of acute care setting specific requirements.

Main Results:

  • Credentialing verifies education, licensure, and certification.
  • Privileging recognizes individual APRN scope based on training and setting.
  • Mechanisms are needed to promote recognition of APRN scope of practice.

Conclusions:

  • Effective credentialing and privileging are essential for APRN utilization in acute care.
  • Processes must ensure APRNs practice within their defined scope.
  • Nursing administrators play a key role in facilitating optimal APRN practice.