Advanced practice nursing : core concepts for professional role development / Kathryn A. Blair, Michaelene P. Jansen, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blair, Kathryn A., editor.

Mirr Jansen, Michaelene P., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nurse practitioners.

Advanced Practice Nursing.

Nurse's Role.

Medical Subjects:

Advanced Practice Nursing.

Nurse's Role.

Physical Description:

xii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer Publishing Company, LLC, [2015]

Summary:

The fifth edition of this topflight text on nurse practitioner role development is completely updated and expanded to encompass the full sphere of current practice roles. These include interprofessional, global health, and leadership roles and such practice issues as credentialing, prescriptive authority, and liabilities. The book encompasses the diverse expertise of contributors from a wide variety of practice settings and reflects the competencies identified by key stakeholder organizations such as the ANA, NONPF, NACNS, AANA, ACNM, and AACN. With a focus on everyday realities of APRN practice in a rapidly changing health care environment, it delivers essential information on the multifaceted role of APRNs as they transition into practice and professional arenas. The fifth edition reflects the expanding roles of the DNP and CNL and provides more detail on the transition of APRN master's and doctoral - NPs, CNSs, CNMs, and CRNAs- into practice. It discusses the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on health care delivery and emphasizes the APRN role in influencing health policy. New chapters address global health and differentiated roles for the APRN and APRN leadership in interprofessional teams. The text provides new information on practice issues such as credentialing, prescriptive authority, and liabilities, along with updated web resources. Additionally, the fifth edition includes an enhanced discussion of educational requirements and differentiation from certification and expanded coverage of professional issues and research-based practice (including quantitative and qualitative methodologies). The book continues to provide essential information on advanced clinical decision making, reimbursement, ethical issues, technology, and employment strategies for the APRN. New to the Fifth Edition: A chapter on global health and differentiated roles for APRNs, A chapter on APRN leadership in interprofessional teams, Current information on practice issues including credentialing, prescriptive authority, and liabilities, Updated web resources, Enhanced discussion of educational requirements and differentiation from certification, Added content about DNP and CNL roles and leadership functions, Expanded coverage of professional issues and evidence-based practice, Information on influencing health policy, Content on integrating informatics in practice, Online teaching tools that include PowerPoint slides and an instructor's manual Book jacket.

Contents:

Overview of advanced practice registered nursing / Linda Lindeke, Melissa Avery and Kathryn White

Advanced practice within a nursing paradigm / Gail B. Katz

Multifacted roles of the APRN / Jana Gail Zwilling

Advanced practice nursing within health care settings : organizational roles / Jana Gail Zwilling

Interprofessional collaborative teams and education : role for the APRN / Kathryn A. Blair

Global health : dynamic roles for the APRN / Kathy J. Wheeler, Lorna L. Schumann, Gene Harkless, Catherine J. Ling, Beverly Bird, and Patricia Maybee

Leadership skills and expertise : key to aprn success in health care systems / Janet Krejci and Shelly Malin

Advanced clinical decision making / Rhonda D. Squires

Health care policy : implications for advanced nursing practice / Evelyn Duffy

Practice issues : regulation, certification, clinical privileges, prescriptive authority and liability / Michaelene P. Jansen

Reimbursement realities for the APRN / Cheri Friedrich, Linda Lindeke

Ethical issues in advanced practice nursing / Karen S. Feldt

Evidence -based practice : staying informed and translating research into practice and policy / Kathryn A. Blair

Health information technology for the APRN / Vicki Brownrigg

Scholarship of practice and professionalism / Kathryn A. Blair and Patricia White

Employment strategies for the APRN / Shirley E. Van Zandt

Inaugurating your advanced practice career / Carole Traylor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780826172518

0826172512

OCLC:

898206113