Advanced Nurse Practitioner Forum
Welcome to the RCN Advanced Nurse Practitioner Forum community.
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner Forum provides support for Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) and those aspiring to become ANPs. The forum promotes the use of the RCN publication Advanced Nurse Practitioner competencies and programme accreditation (2008). It strives to raise the profile and added value that ANPs bring to health improvement and patient care at local, national and international events.
If you're not yet a member of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner Forum, what are you waiting for? RCN members can join up to three forums free of charge, and benefits include regular e-newsletters from the forum keeping you up to date on topics such as good practice and forthcoming events. Each forum also has its own area on the RCN's Discussion Zone where you can network with others in your specialty. To join just call RCN Direct on 0345 772 6100 - option 1.
Objectives
- Over 2009/10 to lobby the NMC for nationally registered standards for advanced nursing practice
- Work with the RCN, centres of excellence, education providers and commissioners to improve the breadth and depth of training and education opportunities available for nurses practicing or aspiring to advanced nursing practice standards
- Provide opportunities to share good practice via our national conference and newsletter.
RCN example job description
For a Nurse Practitioner working in General Practice - Download the job description (WORD 118KB)
Latest information
The following documents are now available to download:
- Advanced Level Nursing: A Position Statement (PDF 464KB)
- NPA conference 2008 presentations
- Nurse practitioners 2006 - The results of a survey of nurse practitioners conducted on behalf of the RCN NPA (WORD 605KB)
- RCN domains and competencies for UK Advanced Nurse Practitioner practice (PDF 101KB)
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner Regulation : UPDATE (PPT 74KB)