FSMFN Frequently Used Acronyms

AANP American Academy of Nurse Practitioners: national professional organization for nurse practitioners, AANP has a certification program for family nurse practitioners

ACNM American College of Nurse-Midwives: national professional organization for nurse-midwives

ACNM DOA American College of Nurse-Midwives Division of Accreditation: plans, implements and evaluates the accreditation process of nurse-midwifery and midwifery education programs and freestanding institutions of higher education that offer nurse-midwifery/midwifery education programs, Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing is accredited by the ACNM DOA

ACNP American College of Nurse Practitioners: national professional organization for nurse practitioners

AMCB American Midwifery Certification Board: the national certifying body for nurse-midwives

ANCC American Nurses Credentialing Center: national nursing credentialing organization that offers family nurse practitioner certification

BT Banyan Tree: Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing's private communication portal

CCNE Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education: a national accrediting agency for nursing education programs

CFNP Community-based Family Nurse Practitioner Education Program: the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing family nurse practitioner specialty track

CNEP Community-based Nurse-midwifery Education Program: the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing nurse-midwifery specialty track

CNM Certified Nurse-Midwife

CWHCNP Community-based Women's Health Care Education Program: the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing women's health care specialty track

DAT Developmental Assessment Tool: evaluation method used during the Clinical Practicum, both daily (DDATs) and monthly (MDATs) are completed DC Department Chair

DNP Doctor of Nursing Practice

FNP Family Nursing Practitioner

FNS Frontier Nursing Service: healthcare system that combines education and service through a hospital, home health agency, rural healthcare clinics, and the FSMFN

FPBSON/CWRU Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing/Case Western Reserve University: FSMFN has a longstanding affiliation with FPBSON/CWRU

FSMFN Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing

NCC National Certification Corporation: national nursing credentialing organization that offers women's health care nurse practitioner certification

NLNAC National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission: a national accrediting body for all types of nursing education programs, FSMFN is accredited by NLNAC

WHCNP Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner

RN Registered nurse

UTMB University of Texas Medical Branch UTMB School of Nursing offers MSN degree.

CREDENTIALS and INITIALS

RN: Registered Nurse
NP-C: Nurse Practitioner - Certified; if certified by the AANP
APRN-BC: Advanced Pactice Registered Nurse - Board Certified; no longer awarded, replaced with specialty-specific credentials by the ANCC
ARNP: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
ACNPC: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certified
CNP: Certified Nurse Practitioner
CPNP: Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner; if certified by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board PNCB
CPNP-PC: Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care; if certified by the PNCB
CPNP-AC: Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care; if certified by the PNCB
MSN: Master of Science in Nursing
MN: Master of Nursing
MA: Master of Arts in Nursing
PMC: Post-Master's Certificate
CAS: Certificate of Advanced Study
DNSc: Doctor of Nursing Science; equivalent to Ph.D., most D.N.Sc. programs now converted to PhD programs
DNP: Doctor of Nursing Practice; clinical doctorate, not equivalent to DNSc or PhD
FAAN: Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing AAN
FAANP: Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners AANP

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) information

Masters in Nursing