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- - - - Accreditation allows programs to refine what they are teaching the nurse practitioning students. Part of what should be included in what programs are teaching is the role of the APRN, and what their responsibilities will be in that role. Accreditation is part of what provides the nurse practitioning students with greater clarity for their role as future APRNs.
      - Scope of practice is also evaluated in accreditation. The governing bodies that come through and accredit programs, like the CCNE, assure that programs are teaching students what is within their scope of practice, as well as what is outside of their scope of practice, protecting both patients and future APRNs.
      - Patients are what is largely protected by the accrediting of nursing education programs. Accreditation assures that future APRNs are adequately educated and prepared to care for patients. Without accreditation, there is the possibility that nursing education programs could inadequately prepare students, creating the possibility that future APRNs could harm their patients, due to a lack of education or improper education.
      - Accreditation assures that nursing education programs are teaching future APRNs about ethical accountability. The future APRN has ethical accountability to both their future patients and their future license and career. Throughout nursing education programs, it is expected that students be taught what they are ethically accountable for, and strategies in handling situations which challenge ethical accountability. Accreditation assures that these expectations of education surrounding ethical accountability are met.
- - - - Licensure supports safe and ethical APRN practice as it guides the responsibilities of the APRN. Licensure provides the APRN with a clear role, and the consensus model has worked hard to provide clear roles for APRN's. APRN is recognized as a title, and four roles fall under the umbrella of APRN, certified registered nurse anesthetist, or CRNA; certified nurse midwife, or CNM; certified nurse practitioner, or CNM; and clinical nurse specialist, or CNS. Standardizing titles and roles allow consistency, which helps build trust and public assurance.
      - Licensure provides greater clarity in regard to scope of practice for APRNs. Licensure is dependent on each state and their legislation and regulations, and with that, scope of practice can also vary state to state. When referring to scope of practice, or SOP, in the state of Utah, Susanne J. Phillips said, “APRN SOP is defined by set standards from national, professional, and specialty organizations, and APRNs practice independently (2024).” Having set standards provides consistency, and consistency provides the patient population with greater safety. It also provides APRN’s with safety for their license, as it provides clear standards on what is permitted in their state for them to practice, and what is not.
      - Patient protection is largely impacted by licensure. Having standards of licensure assures that APRNs are competent and capable of caring for patients. Patients are also able to look up the license of the APRN providing them with care and assure that they are qualified in the care they are providing. Licensure and scope of practice work together in tandem to provide patients with safety. There will still be times when patient safety is not implemented, but a purpose of licensure is to make sure patients are being cared for safely and decrease instances of patient harm.
      - Ethical accountability in nursing largely is influenced by advocacy. APRNs have an ethical duty to advocate for their profession and their patients. While licensure does not directly impact ethical accountability, it does indirectly impact ethical accountability. It is the APRNs duty to continually advocate for patients and their profession, and at the end of every letter, email, and document they are sending or creating, their licensure is with their signature. This provides the individuals they are communicating with, and working with to provoke change, with a greater understanding of who they are and what their credentials are.
- - - - Education is foundational to all that an APRN does, it is literally where they learn how to be an APRN. Education provides them with an understanding of their role, and what they are to do in healthcare settings.
      - Educational institutions teach APRNs about their scope of practice, and those things which fall into their scope of practice, as well as the things that fall outside of their scope of practice. Education provides them the knowledge to know what they are able to do, and how to perform those duties safely.
      - Patient protection is imbedded throughout the education that APRNs will receive while they are completing their schooling. Patient protection is a pillar of healthcare. When APRNs are treating patient’s conditions, they should have patient protection at the forefront of their mind. Education provides APRNs with the tools that they need to keep patients and the public safe, while.
      - Ethical accountability is another topic that is woven throughout the education that APRNs will receive during their schooling. Ethics are something that each APRN should be aware of and consciously strive to do right by. Through education, APRNs are able to gain a greater understanding of ethics, and by gaining this understanding, they are able to be more accountable to the public, and continually strive to keep patients safe and do right by them.
- - - - Certification provides APRNs with a clear position and shows that they have specific and specialized knowledge. Having this certification provides greater role clarity, as it shows exactly what someone has done and the skills that they have acquired. Role clarity is enhanced through certification, and having role clarity through certification allows APRNs to practice safely within their certification in tandem with their license. It provides clear boundaries, and these clear boundaries support APRNs in their practice, and also provide ethical guidelines.
      - Certification also enhances scope of practice of the APRN. Certification, licensure, and scope of practice are like a triangle that balance the actions and duties an APRN is able to safely perform and do for that of their patients. The certification that APRNs acquire by the end of their education, through passing a national exam, show that an APRN is able to safely care for patients, as they stay within the confines of their scope of practice. Having certification creates greater patient safety, as it provides proof that the APRN is able to safely do those things which are within their scope of practice.
      - Certification provide patients with protection, as an APRN must pass a national exam which shows that they can safely care for patients, before the APRN is able to practice. Without the certification, an APRN is unable to obtain licensure, and without licensure they are unable to practice as an APRN. The certification is a threshold that all APRNs must meet or exceed before they are able to practice, which protects patients and the public from unsafe providers. There will still be providers and APRNs that are not safe, although they have obtained certification, but the hope is that requiring certification will weed out those individuals who are not prepared or do not have the proper knowledge to care for patients safely.
      - Certification enhances the ethical accountability of an APRN. Throughout their educational experience APRNs will be exposed to ethics and learn those ethics which should guide them in their practice and care for the public. The certification, a national exam, will have ethics throughout it, and as APRNs pass this exam they will be showing that they have obtained the ethics, and ethical accountability to support safe APRN practice.