Position Statements & Papers

Use the links below to view and download individual copies of AANP position statements and papers.

• Clinical Outcomes: The Yardstick of Educational Effectiveness - Find out why head-to-head comparison of educational models is not the appropriate measure of clinical success or patient safety, and how NPs measure up.
• Contract Negotiations for Nurse Practitioners - Features guidelines, tips and tools for successful negotiations.
• Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Discussion Paper - Learn about the AANP's position on the shift in the academic preparation of nurses in advanced practice.
• Nurse Practitioner Cost-Effectiveness - An introduction to the body of evidence supporting NPs as cost-effective providers of high-quality care.
• Nurse Practitioner Curriculum - Learn why a formal graduate education is important to a nurse practitioner practice.
• Nurse Practitioners and Team Based Care - AANP supports the implementation of the Institute of Medicine's concept of team based care. 
• Nurse Practitioners in Primary Care - A look at why nurse practitioners are vital to primary care, and the role they play in making high-quality, patient-centered health care available to the broadest possible range of consumers.
• Nurse Practitioner Prescriptive Privilege - Find out why the AANP advocates that nurse practitioners have unlimited prescriptive authority in their scope of practice.
• Quality of Nurse Practitioner Practice - An overview of the research supporting the value the nurse practitioner brings to high-quality care.
• Scope of Practice for Nurse Practitioners - An overview of the role, education, accountability, and responsibility of the nurse practitioner.
• Standards for Nurse Practitioner Practice in Retail-based Clinics - A discussion of the standards nurse practitioners need to meet in order to make retail-based clinics a viable health care option.
• Standards of Practice for Nurse Practitioners - An overview of AANP-developed Standards of Practice.
• Use of Terms Such as Mid-Level Provider and Physician Extender - Understand why AANP opposes these terms and what other terms should be avoided.

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