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Who are Advanced Practice Registered Nurses?

APRNs_Who_Types.pdf

The table gives details of the nursing-related provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Updated April 14, 2010.

The table is organized into the sections that include:

• Education-Related Incentives to Produce More Nurses
• Increased Demand for Highly-Skilled Nurses
• Quality Incentives that Include or are Related to Nursing
• Other Incentives, Practice Opportunities, and Implications for Nursing and Consumers

nursingandhealthreformlawtable.pdf

This chart shows the percentage of the total R.N. population by workplace settings.

Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Publications and Research

Data based on Bureau of Census population survey, 1983-2006.

Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Publications and Research.

Qualified Applications Turned Away from Entry-Level Baccalaureate Nursing Programs: 2002-2008

Source: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, July 13, 2009
 

This chart gives a synopsis with descriptions of six pathways in nursing education, from  Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)/Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD) and Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP).  Each pathway is described, giving years of completion.

 

PathwayNursingEd_5_22_09.pdf