Advance Nursing Practice: Roles, Regulations, Education, and Policy

This report provides a detailed overview of Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP), focusing on the roles and responsibilities of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs). It explores the educational pathways, including the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree, and the different specializations within APRN roles, such as Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nurse Anesthetists, and Nurse Midwives. The report examines the regulatory issues, including the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation and state-specific implementations. It also discusses reimbursement policies, including Medicare and Medicaid coverage, and the influence of federal laws. The report highlights the importance of APRNs in providing comprehensive patient care and addresses the projected shortage of nurses, emphasizing the increasing need for advanced practice nursing programs. References to key studies and resources are included to support the information presented.

Advance Nursing Practice is one of the renowned and
reliable post graduation program which is an initiative taken by the
American Nursing Association for the education of future nurses. Advance
practice Registered Nurses provides appropriate care to the patients in
terms of primary and speciality health care.
American Association college of Nursing with National
Council of State Board of Nursing advanced nursing practice should be
added to the doctorate level from entry level practice in 2015.
DNP(Doctor of Nursing Practice) degree is needed to become a nurse from
2015 as most of the nursing training centres are associated with the allied
health centres(Mancuso, Udlis, & Anbari, 2017)
).
• Advanced practices registered nurses are eligible for education, title
maintenance of patient care and licensure to nursing practise.
• They are supposed to protect, promote, and optimize health and ability
for prevention of illness and injury. They are facilitated to healing and
relief of sufferings through proper diagnosis and treatment with quick
response to increase the range of facilities from the medical institution.
Credentials
There are two steps of state legislature for
the license which are actually passes by
the law –“Nurse Practice Act”
The institutional and the regulatory bodies
are created by implemented rules and
regulations of the institutional bodies. The
licensures are to protect the patients from
wrong diagnosis(