Elizabeth Esstman, MSN, APRN

WEST HARTFORD — Elizabeth Esstman, MSN, APRN of Hebrew Health Care’s Department of Medicine was appointed to the Adult Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Content Expert Panel by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Volunteer panel members develop the nationally recognized ANCC Board Certification Examinations for their nursing specialties, such as geriatrics.
“Beth Esstman is a brilliant, resourceful, humane and kind geriatric nurse practitioner,” said Dr. Henry Schneiderman, physician-in-chief of Hebrew Health Care, “Ms. Esstman is a scholar of our work: she has co-authored several scientific papers with me that have been published; and it was she who took the initiative to bring the Yale School of Nursing here as a teaching site in its Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) training program. I commend ANCC on their wisdom in recruiting her for this prestigious additional assignment.”
“I am fortunate to work in a profession I love with a population I have tremendous respect and admiration for. I am proud to work for an organization that offers quality care to the elderly and I am honored to contribute, in some small way, to maintaining the high standards of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses with a passion for geriatrics,” said Esstman.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center, a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association (ANA), provides individuals and organizations throughout the nursing profession with the resources they need to achieve practice excellence. More than a quarter million nurses have been certified by ANCC since 1990. More than 80,000 advanced practice nurses are currently certified by ANCC.