title: Advanced practice registered nurse educational programs and regulation: a need for increased communication.
abstract: Communication is essential between nursing education program and regulation to ensure that graduates are prepared to meet licensure eligibility requirements. Not only should educational programs be aware of their own state requirements but they should also be knowledgeable of the variations of eligibility requirements among the states. Formal and informal meetings between educators and regulators are encouraged.
authors.affiliation: National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Chicago, IL, USA. nspector@ncsbn.org
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chornick
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008008:Licensure, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States