APRNs
Prescribing nursing professionals
APRNs is the plural of APRN, an acronym for advanced practice registered nurse.
APRNs have graduate-level education and can diagnose conditions, prescribe medications, and manage patient care with varying degrees of independence depending on state regulations.
The category includes nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, nurse anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists.
Official permission to practice
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- recertificationRenewing official qualification status
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
- privilegingGiving unearned advantage
Nurses with prescriptive authority
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- patient-careMedical treatment services
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
Box score absence notation
- preceptorshipSupervised professional training period
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- pathophysiologyScience of disease mechanisms
- specializationConcentrated expertise in one field
Value relative to expenditure
- hospitalsInstitutions treating the sick
- telehealthMedical care delivered remotely
licensure
Official permission to practice
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- recertificationRenewing official qualification status
- accreditationOfficial quality approval
nurse-practitioners
Nurses with prescriptive authority
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- patient-careMedical treatment services
DNP
Box score absence notation
- preceptorshipSupervised professional training period
- pharmacologyStudy of drug actions
- pathophysiologyScience of disease mechanisms
specialization · residency · fellowship · competencies · curriculum
cost-effectiveness
Value relative to expenditure
- hospitalsInstitutions treating the sick
- telehealthMedical care delivered remotely
APRNsphysicians
Medical doctors collectively
MDs · attending physicians · CNAs · medical assistants · surgeons