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Exploring APRN Certifications: How to Choose the Right One for Your Career

Daily Nurse

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) include nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, clinical nurse specialists, and nurse midwives. These four APRN certifications substantially impact healthcare, as they provide high-quality care and help meet the needs of the growing and aging population. Are you willing to be on-call?

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Essential Nursing Certifications That Advance Your Career and Boost Patient Care

Daily Nurse

First, certificates are offered for various stages of the nursing profession, starting with CNAs and LPN Nurses and progressing to APRNs with MSN training. Some nursing credentials, such as those aimed at RNs or APRNs, are specifically intended for that nursing level. However, some could be accessible to both.

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Levels of Nursing Explained

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Certified Nursing Assistant Position Description: Certified nursing assistants (CNAs) typically work in home care and long-term care settings. While RNs typically focus on implementing a plan of care, APRNs focus on directing a plan of care. 11 APRN Median Annual Salary : $63.48/hour,

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From RN to NP: Navigating Your Path to a Nurse Practitioner Career

Post University

As advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), nurse practitioners (NPs) can provide their patients with a broad range of healthcare services. The ability to take on advanced clinical roles and serve specific patient populations makes this nursing role particularly appealing to nurses who want to spend their careers in clinical settings.

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Providing Care On The Ground And In The Air

Diversity Nursing

CCTNs can work in a variety of settings such as: Government agencies Hospitals Independent transport companies International medical organizations Long-term care facilities The majority of their time is spent in: Ambulances Airplanes Helicopters Ships specially outfitted for critical care transport "Is it stressful and scary?

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Nurse Anesthetist Wins ANA Innovation Honors With First-of-its-Kind Airway Tool

Health Leaders | Nursing

Roxanne McMurray, DNP, APRN, CRNA , and her team with McMurray Medical, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, developed the breathing tool to maintain adequate ventilation for surgery or other medical procedures. The ANA Innovation Awards highlight, recognize, and celebrate exemplary nurse innovators who improve patient safety and health outcomes.

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2023 Regulatory Advocacy Roundup

Capitol Beat

Instead of using limiting language in regulatory publications and guidance documents, e.g., referring to physicians, advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), physician’s assistants, or any other providers by name, CMS is using the more generic term of practitioner, unless restricted by statute.