Advanced practice nursing : essentials for role development

Publication/Creation:

Philadelphia, PA : F.A. Davis Company, [2018]

Format:

Book

Edition:

Fourth edition.

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Advanced practice nursing : essentials for role development / [edited by] Lucille A. Joel, EdD, APN, FAAN, Distinguished Professor, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, School of Nursing, New Brunswick-Newark, New Jersey

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Additional Author/Creators:

Joel, Lucille A., editor

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

Nurse practitioners
Nursing
Advanced Practice Nursing
Nurse Practitioners

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Unit 1: The evolution of advanced practice -- Advanced practice nursing: doing what has to be done -- Emerging roles of the advanced practice nurse -- Role development: a theoretical perspective -- Educational preparation of advanced practice nurses: looking to the future -- Global perspectives on advanced nursing practice -- Unit 2: The practice environment -- Advanced practice nurses and prescriptive authority -- Credentialing and clinical privileges for the advanced practice registered nurse -- The kaleidoscope of collaborative practice -- Participation of the advanced practice nurse in health plans and quality initiatives -- Public policy and the advanced practice registered nurse -- Resource management -- Mediated roles: working with and through other people -- Unit 3: Competency in advanced practice -- Evidence-based practice -- Advocacy and the advanced practice registered nurse -- Case management and advanced practice nursing -- The advanced practice nurse and research -- The advanced practice nurse: holism and complementary and integrative health approaches -- Basic skills for teaching and the advanced practice registered nurse -- Culture as a variable in practice -- Conflict resolution in advanced practice nursing -- Leadership for APNs: if not now, when? -- Information technology and the advanced practice nurse -- Writing for publication -- Unit 4: Ethical, legal, and business acumen -- Measuring advanced practice nurse performance: outcome indicators, models of evaluation, and the issue of value -- Advanced practice registered nurses: accomplishments, trends, and future development -- Starting a practice and practice management -- The advanced practice nurse as employee or independent contractor: legal and contractual considerations -- The law, the courts, and the advanced practice registered nurse -- Malpractice and the advanced practice nurse -- Ethics and the advanced practice nurse.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

Meet all the challenges of professional practice--whatever your specialty or environment. Noted nursing professionals and educators explore all of the non-clinical roles and responsibilities of an APN and chart a course that will enable you to meet them successfully. You'll follow the evolution of the APN's role from a historical perspective to the present and examine the issues and challenges you'll encounter in the future. --Provided by publisher.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (512 pages)

Local Note:

Available to current Emory University students, faculty and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9936915319702486

ISBN:

9780803667051
9780803660441
0803667051
0803660448

OCLC Number:

1014334835