Advanced Practice Registered Nurses
Who They Are and What They Do**

• As defined in the APRN Modernization Act, Nurse Practitioners (NPs), Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), and Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNs) are APRNs
• As of 2022, 7,996 of these professionals are licensed in Wisconsin
  
  • This marks a 32% increase from 2018
  • 81% of are NPs
    • Family Nurse Practitioner is the most common certification among NPs – 55%
  • 93% provide direct care
  • 91% have prescriptive authority
    • This marks a 55% increase from 2018
  • Advanced practice nurses providing mental health services increased from 21% to 43% between 2018 and 2020
• 88% of advanced practice nurses are female

** Statistics compiled by the Wisconsin Center for Nursing