Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
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This record was last updated on March 11, 2021, before 2022. It may be out of date — confirm with the board.
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- None
A registered nurse licensed in this Commonwealth who is certified by the boards in a particular clinical specialty area and who, while functioning in the expanded role as a professional nurse, performs acts of medical diagnosis or prescription of medical therapeutic or corrective measures in collaboration with and under the direction of a physician licensed to practice in this Commonwealth.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Department of State
- Division
- Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs
- Board
- Nursing Board
- Address
- P.O. Box 2649 Harrisburg, PA 17105
- Phone
- (833) 367-2762
- Agency website
- https://www.dos.pa.gov/ProfessionalLicensing/BoardsCommissions/Nursing/Pages/default.aspx
- Last updated
- March 11, 2021
Occupations (O*NET)
- Nurse Practitioner 29-1171.00
Source and verification
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