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| Abbreviation | AANP |
|---|---|
| Formation | January 1, 2013 |
| Type | Professional organization |
| Tax ID no. | 22-2547543 |
| Legal status | 501(c)(6) |
| Purpose | Membership, Educational, Advocacy |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas |
| Region served | United States |
| Membership | 120,000 |
| President | Stephen Ferrara |
| Immediate Past President | April Kapu |
| CEO | Jon Fanning |
| Website | www |
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) is a North American professional association formed in 2013 as a result of a merger between the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (founded in 1985) and the American College of Nurse Practitioners (founded in 1995) to provide nurse practitioners with a unified way to network and advocate their issues. The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners was the first organization created for nurse practitioners of all specialties in the United States of America, and AANP remains the largest national membership organization for nurse practitioners in the United States. AANP seeks to represent the interests of the more than 355,000 nurse practitioners licensed to practice in the U.S. and continually advocates at local, state and federal levels for the recognition of nurse practitioners as providers of high-quality, cost-effective and personalized health care.
The association has two official journals: the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and The Journal for Nurse Practitioners.
Notable events
- 2013 – The American College of Nurse Practitioners and American Academy of Nurse Practitioners merge to form the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
- 2019 – AANP surpassed the 100,000 member mark.
- 2020 – AANP responds to WGN's coverage of a book opposing full practice authority for nurse practitioners, claiming that the story propagated negative "conspiracy theories and misstatements".
References
- "About NPs and AANP". American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
- "NP Fact Sheet". American Association of Nurse Practitioners. June 2022.
- "AANP Reaches 100,000 Member Milestone". Yahoo! Finance.
- "AANP Statement on WGN's Biased News Story on Nurse Practitioner Profession". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Retrieved 2022-06-07.
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