The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the American College of Nurse Practitioners announced that their respective boards of directors have passed resolutions allowing the organizations to potentially consolidate and operate as a single group.
According to the AANP and ACNP, consolidation would have the potential to significantly enhance the breadth and depth of the work they conduct on behalf of the nation’s 155,000 nurse practitioners.
Consolidation would give the merged organization several advantages, according to a news release, including enhanced ability to capitalize on growth in the demand for NPs as primary, specialty and acute-care providers; shape and direct NP policy and legislative priorities; achieve the goals and objectives of NPs; provide resources for grant writing, education and research; increase public awareness about issues faced by NPs; and secure international growth opportunities.
The consolidated organization will be the largest professional membership organization for NPs of all specialties, enhancing and increasing operational efficiencies, according to the news release.
Leaders of both organizations expressed excitement about the move.
"AANP is excited at the prospect of combining forces with ACNP," said AANP President Angela Golden, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP. "There has never been a better time for the consolidation of our organizations. Healthcare is at the center of the national agenda, and NPs are a vital part of the solution to the healthcare crisis facing our country today."
"When all our due diligence has been completed, our combined strengths will result in an organization that is stronger and better able to empower the nurse practitioners who are so important in today’s healthcare environment," said Jill Olmstead, MSN, NP-C, president of ACNP. "We want to move forward with our message and mission for our colleagues and patients so we may continue providing accessible, high quality healthcare. ACNP believes that by combining with AANP, the NP profession will be able to participate in the political arena with greater strength and visibility."
According to the AANP and ACNP, consolidation would have the potential to significantly enhance the breadth and depth of the work they conduct on behalf of the nation’s 155,000 nurse practitioners.
Consolidation would give the merged organization several advantages, according to a news release, including enhanced ability to capitalize on growth in the demand for NPs as primary, specialty and acute-care providers; shape and direct NP policy and legislative priorities; achieve the goals and objectives of NPs; provide resources for grant writing, education and research; increase public awareness about issues faced by NPs; and secure international growth opportunities.
The consolidated organization will be the largest professional membership organization for NPs of all specialties, enhancing and increasing operational efficiencies, according to the news release.
Leaders of both organizations expressed excitement about the move.
"AANP is excited at the prospect of combining forces with ACNP," said AANP President Angela Golden, DNP, FNP-C, FAANP. "There has never been a better time for the consolidation of our organizations. Healthcare is at the center of the national agenda, and NPs are a vital part of the solution to the healthcare crisis facing our country today."
"When all our due diligence has been completed, our combined strengths will result in an organization that is stronger and better able to empower the nurse practitioners who are so important in today’s healthcare environment," said Jill Olmstead, MSN, NP-C, president of ACNP. "We want to move forward with our message and mission for our colleagues and patients so we may continue providing accessible, high quality healthcare. ACNP believes that by combining with AANP, the NP profession will be able to participate in the political arena with greater strength and visibility."
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