An evaluation of nurse practitioner and physician assistant hiring patterns after implementation of the advanced practice registered nurse consensus model.
Journal
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
ISSN: 2327-6924
Titre abrégé: J Am Assoc Nurse Pract
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101600770
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Dec 2023
01 Dec 2023
Historique:
received:
12
01
2023
accepted:
25
04
2023
medline:
5
12
2023
pubmed:
30
5
2023
entrez:
30
5
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) Consensus Model was developed in 2008 by the APRN Consensus Work Group and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN Advisory Committee. This model aims to improve access to APRN care through standardization of licensure, accreditation, certification, and education and has been adopted by many organizations throughout the United States. However, the Consensus Model is not a legislative document, and there is variation in adoption and implementation throughout states and organizations. Since the Consensus Model was developed, little is known about how this change has affected hiring practices for nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). There are concerns that the model may place burdensome hiring constraints on NP hires, which could inadvertently lead to preferential hiring of PAs over NPs. We evaluated whether there was a significant association between the proportion of NPs versus PAs hired after the implementation of the APRN Consensus Model in 2017 in a large not-for-profit health system in North Carolina. Our study revealed no association between implementation of hiring practices to align with the APRN Consensus Model and preferential hiring of PAs over NPs.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37249381
doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000896
pii: 01741002-990000000-00125
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
770-775Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest.
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