Book[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.
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.
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