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Jennifer Wilbeck1, Wesley D Davis, Pamela Cromer
1Author Affiliations: Professor & ENP Academic Director, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee (Dr Wilbeck); Family & Emergency Nurse Practitioner Program Coordinator & Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama (Dr Davis); Professor & Director, Costa Layman International Outreach and Community Engagements, Augusta University College of Nursing, Augusta, Georgia (Dr Cromer); University of North Carolina Greensboro, School of Nursing, Advanced Nursing Education, Nurse Practitioner Programs, Program Director, Assistant Clinical Professor (Dr Henson); UT Southwestern Medical Center, Urogynecology & Pelvic Floor Medicine, Dallas, Texas (Ms Hicks); Professor of Nursing, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville, Tennessee (Dr Kim); Dean & Professor of Nursing, Old Dominion University Virginia Beach, Virginia (Dr Love); Professor, University of Iowa College of Nursing (Dr Stanik-Hutt); Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Policy Advisor, National Coalition for Infant Health (Dr Staebler); and Assistant Professor & Director of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Program, Duke University School of Nursing, Durham, North Carolina (Dr Teague).
Abstract:
As the number of nurse practitioners working in emergency care (ENP) has grown over the past decade, the alignment of ENP knowledge, skills, and abilities with those of the NP populations has not been fully explored. To identify overlapping themes among the emergency nurse practitioner (ENP) specialty and the eight nurse practitioner population foci's knowledge, skills, and abilities, national leaders and expert faculty collaborated on a crosswalk analysis of NP competencies, certification examination content and procedures. This project revealed that the ENP specialty competencies, certification exam blueprint items, and procedures are not entirely subsumed within an existing nurse practitioner population focus.
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