Advanced Practice Nursing: an Integrative Approach

AND CONCLUSIONS: ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING IN CONTEXTCHAPTER 2. Conceptualizations of Advanced Practice Nursing; INTRODUCTION; THE NATURE, PURPOSES, AND COMPONENTS OF CONCEPTUAL MODELS; CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING: PROBLEMS AND IMPERATIVES; CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; MODELS THAT ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES WILL FIND USEFUL IN THEIR PRACTICE; RECOMMENDATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS; SUMMARY; CHAPTER 3. A Definition of Advanced Practice Nursing; INTRODUCTION; DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN SPECIALIZATION AND ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING.

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: direc.

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Front cover; ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING An Integrative Approach; Copyright page; Contributors; Reviewers; Preface; Table of contents; Evolve page; PART I. Historical and Developmental Aspects of Advanced Practice Nursing; CHAPTER 1. A Brief History of Advanced Practice Nursing in the United States; INTRODUCTION; LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY: HISTORICAL ROOTS; 1900-1956s: INNOVATION AND GROWTH; 1960s: TECHNOLOGY AND ROLE EXPANSION; 1970s: BUILDING CREDIBILITY AND DEFINING PRACTICE; 1980s: MATURATION; 1990s: RESPONDING TO REGULATORY AND HEALTH CARE CHANGE; THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: NEW CHALLENGES.

DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE AND ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSINGDEFINING ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CORE DEFINITION OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; SEVEN CORE COMPETENCIES OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; DIFFERENTIATING ADVANCED PRACTICE ROLES: OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CRITICAL ELEMENTS IN MANAGING ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING ENVIRONMENTS; IMPLICATIONS OF THE DEFINITION OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 4. Role Development of the Advanced Practice Nurse; INTRODUCTION; PERSPECTIVES ON ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE ROLE DEVELOPMENT.

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