NAPNAP Position Statement. Position Statement on Credentialing and Privileging for Nurse Practitioners. 2016


The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) recommends that all nurse practitioners (NPs) be credentialed and privileged to perform services that allow them to practice to the full extent of their education, certification, and licensure. This recommendation is supported by the Institute of Medicine in the report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (Institute of Medicine, 2011). Through the process of credentialing and privileging, individual NPs demonstrate competence for the skills required of their role and responsibility.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008504 Medical Staff Privileges Those rights or activities which are specific to members of the institution's medical staff, including the right to admit private patients. Medical Staff Privileges, Nonphysician,Staff Privileges, Medical,Medical Staff Privilege,Privilege, Medical Staff,Privileges, Medical Staff,Staff Privilege, Medical
D010371 Pediatric Nursing The nursing specialty concerning care of children from birth to adolescence. It includes the clinical and psychological aspects of nursing care. Children and Young People's Nursing,Nursing, Pediatric,Nursings, Pediatric,Pediatric Nursings
D002568 Certification Compliance with a set of standards defined by non-governmental organizations. Certification is applied for by individuals on a voluntary basis and represents a professional status when achieved, e.g., certification for a medical specialty. Certification Level,Certification Levels,Certifications,Level, Certification,Levels, Certification
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002983 Clinical Competence The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care. Clinical Skills,Competence, Clinical,Clinical Competency,Clinical Skill,Competency, Clinical,Skill, Clinical,Skills, Clinical,Clinical Competencies,Competencies, Clinical
D003406 Credentialing The recognition of professional or technical competence through registration, certification, licensure, admission to association membership, the award of a diploma or degree, etc.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D064701 Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Registered nurses with graduate degrees in nursing who provide care to pediatric patients who are acutely or critically ill. Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric,Nurse Practitioners, Pediatric,Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

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