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Policy and Position Statements

The public policy positions and statements below are the primary vehicles through which the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) policy views are articulated.

GAPNA APRN Consensus Statement on Proficiencies for the APRN Gerontological Specialist
In 2015, the GAPNA APRN Consensus Statement on Proficiencies for the APRN Gerontological Specialist was published. The following articles contain clinical cases which highlight GAPNA’s 12 Proficiency Statements that we believe, as an organization, represents the specialty of advanced practice gerontological nursing.

For more information, please contact: Valerie K. Sabol, PhD, ACNP-BC, GNP-BC, ANEF, FAANP, valerie.sabol@duke.edu; Deborah Dunn, EdD, MSN, GNP-BC, ACNS-BC  ddunn@madonna.edu.

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