Faculty Resource Library

• NEW! The Essentials of Master's Education for Advanced Practice Nursing (PDF) published by AACN (2011)

• Arizona Board of Nursing White Paper on Registered Nurse Practitioner (RNP) Practicing in an Acute Care Setting (PDF) adopted November 2009

• FAQs from the LACE group on the APRN Consensus Model (PDF) approved August 2010

• NP Organizations - Letter to Accrediting Organizations (PDF) in support of the National Task Force criteria (2010)

• APRN Consensus Model (PDF) completed by the APRN Consensus Work Group and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN Advisory Committee (2008)

• Criteria for Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Programs (PDF) published by the National Task Force on Quality Nurse Practitioner Education (2008)

• Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Competencies in Specialty Areas: Adult, Family, Gerontological, Pediatric, and Women's Health (PDF) published by NONPF and AACN (2002)

• Domains and Core Competencies of Nurse Practitioner Practice (PDF) published by NONPF (2006)

• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Competencies (PDF) published by NONPF (2004)

• The Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice (PDF) published by AACN (2006)

• Practice Doctorate Nurse Practitioner Entry-Level Competencies (PDF) published by NONPF (2006)

• APRN Model Rules and Regulations (PDF) published by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (2008)

• PNCB Policy for Appeal for Educational Program Review (PDF)

• PNCB's Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification and the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (PDF)

• The NP Roundtable's Unified Statement on DNP Education, Certification and Titling (PDF)

• Philosophy, Conceptual Model, Terminal Competencies for the Education of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (PDF) published by AFPNP (Revised 1988)