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Career Advice: Do You Still Need an APRN State License if You are Nationally Certified?

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This question is from a subscriber who wondered if she needed to apply for an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) license in her state if she was already board certified as an APRN? There are multiple national certifications to validate an APRN’s specialty knowledge for practice. To practice legally, most

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Career Advice: Which APRN Certification Exam Should I Take?

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This question is from my colleague, Susan Toberman, BSN, RN, CCRN, CFRN, EMT from the University of Tennessee Medical Center (UTMC) in Knoxville, TN.  Sue is an acute care/critical care nurse with many years of experience. At the time she submitted this question, she was an emergency department flight nurse and

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