MedPage Today December 13, 2022
— AANP President April Kapu, DNP, discusses association priorities and opportunities
In this video, April Kapu, DNP, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), outlines current challenges to the profession. She also discusses the mental health, professional, and educational resources AANP offers to nurse practitioners (NPs). Kapu is the associate dean for clinical and community partnerships at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Nashville.
The following is a transcript of her remarks:
Two [of my] priorities as president of AANP are really focused on Full Practice Authority (FPA) and really supporting NPs from a standpoint of burnout and mental health, and these two are very linked.
Over the last couple of years, NPs have been on the front...