APRN Consensus Model: Implementation and Implications

This report provides an overview of the APRN Consensus Model, highlighting its significance in standardizing nursing practices across states. The model emphasizes the importance of uniformity in education, certification, accreditation, and licensure for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs). It discusses how the model, particularly through the LACE framework, aims to align the practices of nurses, nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners. The report emphasizes the positive impact of the consensus model, including improved patient care through consistent standards and streamlined processes for APRNs. Furthermore, it addresses the model's role in facilitating interstate operations for nurses, ensuring that regulations do not hinder their ability to provide care across state lines. The report references key studies and research to support the arguments made about the model and its implementation.

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Uniformity of practice is an important aspect of the nursing profession. Notably, the
consensus model for APRN, LACE seek to align the pillars of practice for nurses, anesthetists,
nurse midwives, nurse practitioners and Nurse specialists. Notably, the model has had a major
impact on certification organization for APRN Nurses. Part of this was the consolidation and
streamlining of certification options for clinical nurse specialists and Nurse practitioners by
American Nurses Credentialing Center to match the model’s recommendations (Litchman,
Schlepko, Rowley, McFarland & Fiander, 2018).
The model is important based on the fact that it ensures that the Advanced Practice
Registered Nurses undergo similar standards in their education as well as when applying for
certification and licensing. The model is important because it facilitates consistency and clarity
of practice and care guided by regulations. This consistency and clarity is necessary in the
improvement of patient care. In addition it simplifies the processes through which nurses must
pass to acquire the requisite skills and accreditation (Litchman, Schlepko, Rowley, McFarland &
Fiander, 2018).
Secondly, it improves interstate operations by nurses. As situations demand, nurses might
be required to work from one state to another. In the event of regulatory differences between
states, nurses would be hindered from working outside their states. This would limit the ability of
nurses to attend to deserving patients in other states. Additionally, it would also limit patient’s
access to care. The Consensus model for APRN model bridges this gap by ensuring the adoption
of similar education, certification, accreditation and licensure requirements across states
(Sabo,Chesney, Tracy & Sendelbach, 2017).

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References
Litchman, M. L., Schlepko, T., Rowley, T., McFarland, M., & Fiander, M. (2018). A scoping
review of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses Consensus Model outcomes: Part four of
a four-part series on critical topics identified by the 2015 Nurse Practitioner Research
Agenda. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 30(12), 710-723.
Sabo, J. A., Chesney, M., Tracy, M. F., & Sendelbach, S. (2017). APRN consensus model
implementation: the Minnesota experience. Journal of Nursing Regulation, 8(2), 10-16.
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