Determine the Impact of the APRN Consensus Model on APRN practice
History, Concepts, and Role Development MN501M1
Determine the Impact of the APRN Consensus Model on APRN Practice 2
Advanced practice registered nurses are licensed practitioners with a master’s in nursing and
provide patient care in the clinical setting. The advanced practice registered nurse includes:
A certified nurse-midwife (CNM).
Clinical nurse specialist (CNS).
Nurse practitioner (NP).
A certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA).
According to the APRN Consensus Work Group & National Council of State, the APRN is
educated in family/individual across the life span, adult-gerontology, pediatrics, neonatal,
, women’s health/gender-related, and psych/mental health (2021). The advanced practice
registered nurse is independently licensed and can practice within guidelines provided by
regulating state board guidelines. The APRN must offer three separate courses with nine
essentials defined by the AACN; these include: background from humanities and science for
practice, organizational leadership, quality, integrating scholarship into practice, informatics, and
technology, advocacy, improving patient and population outcome via collaboration with the
interdisciplinary team, clinical prevention and population health, masters education level practice
of the advanced nursing practice role include public health nurses, nurse administrators, and
policymakers (Denisco, 2021). The master’s level APRN has required higher education and the
ability to incorporate advanced knowledge into practice. According to Advance Practice