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Review urges minimum pre‑licensure clinical training for APRNs, recommends aligning PA requirements
Summary
A state review found a wide spread in clinical experience among nurse practitioners and recommended establishing pre‑licensure clinical minimums for APRNs while recalibrating physician assistant (PA) requirements to align scopes of practice and protect patient safety.
The Office of Professional Licensure Review told the Health and Human Services Interim Committee that rapid growth in advanced practice providers prompted recommendations to realign clinical‑experience requirements. "We are supportive of full independent practice for advanced practice providers," Director Jeff Shumway said, but he added that some recent APRN graduates have markedly less workplace experience than historical cohorts. The office reported that the number of APRN licensees in Utah rose from roughly 2,000 about a decade ago to about 7,500 today, and that the office surveyed practitioners about pre‑licensure…
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