Publications

Position statements

Guidance, booklets, updates

  • The International survey on Advanced Practice Nurses by Pulcini (2008) is a really interesting piece of work which demonstrates how key the  topic of advanced practice  is across the world. It  shows that we are behind other countries with regulation of an advanced level of practice. (PowerPoint, 301 kb)
  • The Department of Health has produced an interim report on extending regulation within which the  Advanced Nurse Practitioner role is  being assessed with a view to  it  being regulated. The  next  meeting is on 18  November 2008 when we should see us a step closer to Advanced Nurse Practitioner  Regulation.  (PDF, 194 kb)
  • Darzi report is a must  read for all nurse practitioners. (PDF, 1109 kb)
  • The Maxi Nurse. Advanced and specialist nursing roles (2005) document is a  useful  survey which  has informed many of the developments of advanced nursing roles. (PDF, 231 kb)
  • Supporting the  Development of Advanced Nursing Practice (2008) is a draft document which the  Department of Health commissioned as an ongoing piece of work following on from the  Modernising  Nursing Careers work. I believe it will prove to be a key document in driving the advanced practice agenda forward towards regulation. (PDF, 610 kb)
  • Nurse Practitioner Association Survey (2006) was produced to find out where most of the  NPA membership  work  and in what  kind of  roles. A point to note is that it was carried out before Independent  Nurse Prescribing had been implemented.  (MS Word, 605 kb)

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