The Role of the ANCC Accredited Provider Program Director in Leadership and Facilitating Nurse Planner Learning.

This article addresses how accredited provider program directors (AP-PDs), as nursing professional development practitioners, can meet structural capacity criterion 2 in the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Nursing Continuing Professional Development accreditation criteria. This article highlights the leadership responsibilities of the APPD and provides strategies to develop a successful accredited provider unit onboarding and professional development plan for its nurse planners. .