Overview
Cleveland Clinic supports Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs) throughout all institutes across the enterprise. The Office of Advanced Practice Nursing provide scope of practice oversight, maintains the credentialing and privileging process and provides educational opportunities for APRNs as well as graduate students.
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses are key providers of high quality, safe patient-family centered care. APRNs work in collaboration with physicians to provide care including: histories, physical exams, diagnoses, treatment plans. They are able to diagnose, and treat illnesses. They are able to order diagnostic tests and prescribe medications.
Cleveland Clinic is the largest employer of APRNs in the state of Ohio and one of the largest in the country. We invite you to learn more about becoming an APRN at Cleveland Clinic.
For more information, please contact Anne Vanderbilt, APRN, CNP, CNS, Senior Director Advanced Practice Nursing, Cleveland Clinic 216.386.4427 | VANDERA@ccf.org
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Becoming an APRN
Are you interested in becoming an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse? Is your passion to provide the highest quality care with compassion to patients?
It's one of the fastest-growing health careers in the country, and one of the most rewarding. To become an APRN, it requires enrolling in an accredited APRN program within the role you are interested in pursuing. Enrollment and acceptance require nursing experience as well as standardized graduated education examinations. Currently the average APRN program takes 18-36 months to matriculate depending on full or part-time student status.
Receiving an APRN License in Ohio
In the state of Ohio, APRNs are licensed through the Ohio Board of Nursing. The RN and APRN* license must be renewed with the Board every two years. Continuing education is required. For information on obtaining licensure, refer to the Ohio Board of Nursing.
*APRN Types: APRN-CNP | APRN-CNS | APRN-CNM | ARPN-CRNA
Already an APRN and interested in employment opportunities with Cleveland Clinic?
FAQs
What is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)?
An APRN is a nurse who has a master’s, post-master's or doctoral degree in a nursing specialty and collaborates with a physician to practice medicine. APRNs help meet the demand for primary and specialty healthcare practitioners and serve as a part of the health care team.
There are four types of APRN roles: Certified Nurse Midwives, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Practitioners. APRNs conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret tests, counsel on preventive health care and can prescribe medications. APRNs may have a broad scope of their role, including clinical practice, education, research and administrative services.
APRNs are graduate-prepared and nationally-certified in a population-based specialty for a specific role. There is certification as adult-gerontology APRNs, pediatric, acute care, women’s health to name a few.
What are the credentials required?
An APRN requires a masters’ degree, as well as national certification that matches the graduate program they attended. To obtain a license to practice as an APRN, one must maintain the certification. The credentials and title are role specific, for example a pediatric nurse practitioner can be certified by two different certifying bodies, and the “letters” obtained while different are both recognized to be licensed to practice.
What is the number of APRNs at Cleveland Clinic?
Cleveland Clinic employs 2,500 APRNs across the health system. They practice in hospitals, ambulatory clinics, surgical centers and across all specialties.
What is the outlook of the profession?
APRNs have been ranked as a top profession by various sources in the last few years, ranking as high as the #2 profession with growth opportunities. APRN employment is expected to grow 35% from 2014-2024.
APRN Recruitment
Advanced practice provider recruitment is managed by the Office of Physician Recruitment, a division of Professional Staff Affairs.
The advanced practice recruitment team in the Office of Physician Recruitment recruits for our locations in Northeast, Ohio (with the exception of Akron General) and Las Vegas, NV. We have close relationships with our Florida recruitment office.
Cleveland Clinic is one of the country’s top hospitals! We are fortunate to attract the best talent locally, regionally and nationally! Our team routinely receives thousands of applications from qualified advanced practice providers seeking employment. If you’ve applied for opportunities and are having a difficult time this may be the reason. If your ultimate goal is to work at Cleveland Clinic please don’t give up! We welcome applicants with various backgrounds and levels of experience. If you are unsuccessful securing a position with us today, we encourage you to try again in the future.
If you are a new graduate or an APRN student in your last clinical rotation seeking guidance on your career search, our team is happy to assist! Our team provides assistance on CV and cover-letter review, as well as career counseling. Please complete the form below and one of our team members will contact you within 3-5 business days.
Contact Us
Have questions or want to learn more? Contact:
Jennifer Docherty
Program Coordinator III
216.445.7258
docherj@ccf.org
Advanced Practice Recruitment Services
APRNPARecruitment@ccf.org
