The Path to Certification for Emergency Nurse Practitioners

Adv Emerg Nurs J. 2024 Oct-Dec;46(4):324-328. doi: 10.1097/TME.0000000000000536. Epub 2024 Nov 5.

Abstract

Certification serves to validate the knowledge, skills, and experience required for clinical practice. Availability of a certification for emergency nurse practitioners (ENPs) has had an arduous path. This article examines the history of ENP certification in the United States, its territories and Canada, and how the certification examination has arrived at its current state.

MeSH terms

  • Canada
  • Certification*
  • Clinical Competence
  • Emergency Nursing* / standards
  • Humans
  • Nurse Practitioners* / education
  • Nurse Practitioners* / standards
  • United States