Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach

Hardcover, 850 pages
ISBN 1416043926
978-1416043928
Elsevier / Saunders
July 2008
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This edition is a welcome and expanded revision. The editors explore advanced nursing practice, its definition, competencies, roles, and issues facing APNs.

The book is well written, comprehensive, and grounded in research. There are over 39 appropriately credentialed contributors. The liberal use of tables, figures, and algorithms enhance this text-dense volume.

Covering all advanced practice competencies and roles, this book offers strategies for enhancing patient care and legitimizing your role within today's health care system. It covers the history of advanced practice nursing, the theory behind the practice, and emerging issues. Offering a comprehensive exploration of advanced practice nursing, this edition also adds a focus on topics including the APN scope of practice, certification, and the ethical and legal issues that occur in clinical practice.

The development of all major competencies of advanced practice nursing is discussed: direct clinical practice, consultation, coaching/guidance, research, leadership, collaboration, and ethical decision-making.
Advanced practice competencies are discussed in relation to all advanced practice nursing and blended CNS-NP roles (case manager, acute care nurse practitioner), highlighting the shared aims and distinctions of each role.
In-depth discussions on educational strategies explain how competencies develop as the nurses' practice progresses.
A chapter on research competencies demonstrates how to use evidence-based research in practice, and how to promote these research competencies to other APNs.
A conceptual framework shows the clear relationship between the competencies, roles, and challenges in today's health care environment.
Practical strategies are provided for business management, contracting, and marketing.
Comprehensive information covers the essential competencies of the new Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.
More exemplars (case studies) provide real-life scenarios showing APN competencies in action.
Anew chapter shows how to provide reliable and valid data to substantiate your impact and justify equitable reimbursement for APN services, also enhancing your skills in quality improvement strategies, informatics, and systems thinking.
Information on telehealth considerations covers the new sources of electronic healthcare information available to patients and describes how to counsel them on using reliable resources.

The stated goal is to propose a clear understanding of advanced nursing practice in both specialty and primary care roles and to ensure the APN's ability to proactively manage the practice environment. As the title suggests, this integrative text is built around a core definition and conceptual model of advanced nursing practice.

"Six essential features are described: expert guidance and coaching of patients, families, and other health care providers; consultation; research skills, including utilization, evaluation, and conduct; clinical and professional leadership, including competence as a change agent; collaboration; and ethical decision-making skills. Though there is a clear bias toward the importance of clinical practice, each of these areas is developed separately in detail. In addition to reviews of the historical aspects of advanced nursing practice, individual chapter contributors address the roles of CNS, primary care NP, acute care NP, the blended CNS/NP role, certified nurse-midwife, certified registered nurse anesthetist, and the advanced practice nurse case manager...." -- Sharon J. Olsen, MS, NP, AOCN, Johns Hopkins University

Advanced Practice presents a comprehensive and scholarly presentation of the roles and issues related to advanced practice nursing. This unique text synthesizes concepts, practical strategies, and knowledge of current environmental forces with the goal of helping advanced practice nurses improve patient care and legitimize their roles in a changing health care system.

The authors both define and describe all the competencies that make up advanced nursing practice including direct clinical practice, consultation, coaching, guidance, research, leadership, collaboration, and ethical decision-making.

Ann B. Hamric, PhD, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor and Master's Program Director, University of Virginia School of Nursing, Charlottesville, Virginia; Judith A. Spross, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, Senior Scientist, Center for Applied Ethics and Professional Practice at Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, Massachusetts; and Charlene M. Hanson, EdD, RN, CS, FNP, FAAN, Professor, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia and Family Nurse Practitioner, Family Health and Birth Center, Rincon, Georgia.

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