{"title":"Growth in Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Programs: Implications for Scope of Practice.","authors":"John D Gonzalez, Kristin H Gigli","doi":"10.4037/aacnacc2025678","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Postgraduate fellowship programs for nurse practitioners have proliferated since 2007. These programs facilitate the transition to practice for new nurse practitioners as well as those who are experienced and choose to move to a new specialty. Outcome data demonstrate the effectiveness of these programs in promoting the development of novice nurse practitioners. Fellowship programs offer education outside the framework of the Consensus Model for regulation of the licensure, accreditation, certification, and education of advanced practice registered nurses and have limited implications for nurse practitioners' scope of practice. Greater understanding of the limits of fellowship programs is needed to ensure that nurse practitioners work within their scope of practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":46461,"journal":{"name":"AACN Advanced Critical Care","volume":"36 1","pages":"14-19"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"AACN Advanced Critical Care","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4037/aacnacc2025678","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Postgraduate fellowship programs for nurse practitioners have proliferated since 2007. These programs facilitate the transition to practice for new nurse practitioners as well as those who are experienced and choose to move to a new specialty. Outcome data demonstrate the effectiveness of these programs in promoting the development of novice nurse practitioners. Fellowship programs offer education outside the framework of the Consensus Model for regulation of the licensure, accreditation, certification, and education of advanced practice registered nurses and have limited implications for nurse practitioners' scope of practice. Greater understanding of the limits of fellowship programs is needed to ensure that nurse practitioners work within their scope of practice.
期刊介绍:
AACN Advanced Critical Care is a quarterly, peer-reviewed publication of in-depth articles intended for experienced critical care and acute care clinicians at the bedside, advanced practice nurses, and clinical and academic educators. Each issue includes a topic-based symposium, feature articles, and columns of interest to critical care and progressive care clinicians. AACN Advanced Critical Care contains concisely written, practical information for immediate use and future reference. Continuing education units are available for selected articles in each issue. AACN Advanced Critical Care is an official publication of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses.