Practice

• Demonstrates exemplary professionalism and ethical leadership in clinical practice, serving as a role model for colleagues, patients, and the community.
• Promotes excellence in healthcare delivery by advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and culturally responsive care within the practice setting and the communities served.
• Applies, translates, or generates evidence to improve clinical practice and enhance the quality, safety, and outcomes of care for patients, families, or communities.

Practice Examples of Evidence (State or Community)

• Implementation of initiatives that have improved access to high-quality healthcare services.
• Leadership of quality improvement or patient safety initiatives resulting in measurable enhancements in care delivery or outcomes.
• Demonstrated improvements in patient, population, or community health outcomes through innovative clinical practice or evidence-based interventions.
• Sustained commitment to improving health equity through service to underserved, vulnerable, or at-risk populations.
• Development, implementation, or expansion of nurse practitioner-led models of care that enhance access, quality, efficiency, or patient outcomes.

Education

• Demonstrates a commitment to advancing nurse practitioner education through mentorship, precepting, teaching, scholarly dissemination, or professional development of students, peers, or other healthcare professionals.

Education Examples of Evidence (State or Community)

• Providing exemplary preceptorship and mentorship to nurse practitioner students or early-career NPs.
• Designing, implementing, or evaluating educational programs that enhance nurse practitioner knowledge, skills, or professional development.
• Developing and delivering continuing education programs, workshops, or professional presentations that advance clinical practice.
• Leading interprofessional education or clinical training initiatives that improve team performance and patient care.
• Creating or disseminating educational resources, curricula, or tools that strengthen evidence-based practice and improve healthcare delivery.

Advocacy

• Engages in advocacy on policy issues in the legislative or regulatory arena.
• Mentors NPs and other stakeholders on health policy, advanced practice, or the regulatory arena.

Advocacy Examples of Evidence (State or Community)

• Provides leadership in legislative or regulatory advocacy that advances nurse practitioner practice, improves patient access to care, or enhances healthcare outcomes.
• Influences healthcare policy through legislative testimony, regulatory engagement, or other advocacy efforts at the local, state, or national level.
• Leads or makes significant contributions to advocacy initiatives through professional organizations, coalitions, or collaborative partnerships.
• Promotes public awareness and understanding of the nurse practitioner role through community outreach, education, or media engagement.
• Contributes to the development, implementation, or advancement of healthcare policies that strengthen patient care, health equity, or the nurse practitioner profession.
• Demonstrates measurable advocacy outcomes that have improved access to care, expanded NP scope of practice, enhanced reimbursement, increased recognition of the NP role, or influenced healthcare policy.

Research

Demonstrates meaningful contributions to research that has advanced or influenced healthcare outcomes.

Research Examples of Evidence (State or Community)

• Leadership or significant contributions to research initiatives.
• Development, implementation, or evaluation of evidence-based practice initiatives.
• Leadership of quality improvement projects that demonstrate measurable improvements in patient care or healthcare outcomes.
• Authorship of peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, or dissemination of findings through professional presentations.
• Development, implementation, or evaluation of clinical practice guidelines or evidence-based protocols.
• Demonstrated translation of evidence into practice resulting in measurable clinical, organizational, or population health outcomes.
• Development or implementation of innovative clinical practices, programs, or care delivery models that improve patient care.

Leadership

• Demonstrated success in developing strategic partnerships, coalitions, or collaborations that have produced measurable improvements in healthcare outcomes for individuals, families, or communities.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentorship that have advanced the nurse practitioner profession, strengthened organizations, or positively impacted the communities served.

Leadership Examples of Evidence (State or Community)

• Leading initiatives that advance nurse practitioner practice, patient care, or healthcare delivery.
• Providing mentorship and developing the next generation of nurse practitioners and healthcare leaders.
• Establishing and sustaining strategic partnerships or collaborative initiatives that strengthen healthcare delivery or improve patient outcomes.
• Serving in influential leadership roles within professional organizations, healthcare systems, or community organizations at the local, state, or national level.
• Advocating for and advancing the visibility, recognition, and influence of the nurse practitioner role through policy, education, leadership, or professional engagement.
• Demonstrating leadership that has resulted in measurable improvements in patient care, organizational performance, professional practice, or community health outcomes.