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  2. Nursing credentials and certifications - Wikipedia

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    Nursing credentials and certifications are the various credentials and certifications that a person must have to practice nursing legally. Nurses' postnominal letters (abbreviations listed after the name) reflect their credentials—that is, their achievements in nursing education, licensure, certification, and fellowship.

  3. Advanced practice nurse - Wikipedia

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    C or BC following a title: Certified or Board Certified (i.e., APRN-BC, WHNP-BC, PNP-BC, FNP-C, GNP-C, ANP-BC) CMCN: Certified Managed Care Nurse; CNM: Certified Nurse Midwife; CNP: Certified Nurse Practitioner; CNS: Clinical Nurse Specialist; CRNP: Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner; CS: Clinical Specialist; CRNA: Certified Registered ...

  4. Family nurse practitioner - Wikipedia

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    A family nurse practitioner (FNP) provides continuing and comprehensive healthcare for the individual and family across all ages, genders, diseases, and body systems. Primary care emphasizes the holistic nature of health and it is based on knowledge of the patient in the context of the family and the community, emphasizing disease prevention ...

  5. List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel

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    FNP: Family Nurse Practitioner: FRCP: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) FVRS Fellowship in Vitreo-Retinal Surgery: FAPA Fellowship, American Psychiatric ...

  6. American Nurses Credentialing Center - Wikipedia

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    The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association (ANA), is a certification body for nursing board certification and the largest certification body for advanced practice registered nurses in the United States, [1] as of 2011 certifying over 75,000 APRNs, including nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists.

  7. List of medical abbreviations: B - Wikipedia

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    BC: bone conduction blood culture Board certified: BCC: basal cell carcinoma blind carbon copy: BCG: bacille Calmette–Guérin (a tuberculosis vaccination) BCP: birth control pill: BCP: blood chemistry profile: BCX BCx: blood culture: BDR: Background Diabetic Retinopathy: BBMF "bone break, me fix" (orthopedic consent form) BD: bipolar disorder ...

  8. Acute care nurse practitioner - Wikipedia

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    Clinical experience is then gained. A minimum of 500 faculty-supervised clinical hours in the role of acute care nurse practitioner is gained. Once graduated from the program, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses may apply for Board Certification (BC) as an ACNP. [8] ACNP's have several options to become nationally board certified.

  9. List of medical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").