Advanced Practice Nursing - E-Book: An Integrative Approach (Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach)

Advanced Practice Nursing - E-Book: An Integrative Approach (Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach)

<p>Addressing all major advanced practice nursing competencies, roles, and issues, <b>Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach, 5th Edition</b> provides a clear, comprehensive, and current introduction to APN today. It applies APN core competencies to the major APN roles — including the burgeoning Nurse Practitioner role — and covers topics ranging from the evolution of APN to evidence-based practice, leadership, ethical decision-making, and health policy. This edition includes a new chapter on the international development of APN, new and enhanced illustrations, and a colorful new reader-friendly format for improved readability. From internationally known APN experts Ann Hamric, Charlene Hanson, Mary Fran Tracy, and Eileen O'Grady, along with a host of internationally recognized APN contributors, <b>Advanced Practice Nursing </b>introduces you to APN and helps you identify an APN role, develop key competencies for that role, and succeed as an APN.</p><p> <ol> </ol><b> </b> <ul><b><li>Coverage of APN core competencies </b>defines and describes<b> </b>all competencies, including direct clinical practice, guidance and coaching, consultation, evidence-based practice (EBP), leadership, collaboration, and ethical decision-making.</li><li><b>Operationalizes and applies APN core competencies to the major APN specialties</b> including the Clinical Nurse Specialist, the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, the Certified Nurse-Midwife, and the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist.<b> </b></li><li><b>Content on managing APN environments </b>addresses such factors as business planning and reimbursement; marketing, negotiating, and contracting; regulatory, legal, and credentialing requirements; health policy issues; and nursing outcomes and performance improvement research.</li><li><b>Unique <i>Exemplar </i>boxes </b>provide real-life scenarios, showing APN competencies in action.</li><li><b>In-depth discussions of educational strategies</b> show how nurses develop competencies as they progress into advanced practice.</li><li><b>Discussions of APN role development</b> clearly explain the career trajectory that you can anticipate as you transition to advanced practice.</li> </ul>