Advanced Nursing Practice

NHS Wales (2023) Professional framework for enhanced, advanced and consultant clinical practice in Wales. Cardiff: Health Education and Improvement Wales.

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Palmer W, Julian S and Vaughan L (2023) Independent report on the regulation of advanced practice in nursing and midwifery. London: Nuffield Trust.

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Royal College of Nursing (2018) Royal College of Nursing standards for advanced level nursing practice. London: RCN.

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Royal College of Nursing (2018) RCN Standards for advanced level nursing practice, advanced nurse practitioners, RCN accreditation and RCN credentialing. London: RCN.

• Introduction
• Section 1: The registered nurse working at an advanced level of practice
• Section 2: Advanced level nursing practice competencies
• Section 3: RCN accreditation and credentialing

RCN: advanced nursing practice standards

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College of Deans of Health: Advanced Practice.

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Health Education England, NHS Improvement and NHS England (2017) Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England. Leeds: HEE.

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International Council of Nurses (2020) Guidelines on advanced practice nursing. Geneva: ICN.

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NHS Scotland:  Advanced practice nursing toolkit

• A UK wide resource endorsed by the Chief Nursing Officers for each country.
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Royal College of Nursing Scotland (2015) Nurse innovators: clinical decision-making in action. RCN: Edinburgh.

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We would like to thank the RCN Advanced Nurse Practitioner member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Use these links to see details of books the RCN libraries hold on each topic.

• Advanced practice
• Advanced practice role/nurse practitioner role
• Nurse practitioners

Use these links for details of journal articles on each topic.

• Acute and emergency nurse practitioners
• Advanced clinical practitioner
• Advanced practice role/nurse practitioner role
• Advanced practice
• Nurse practitioners and patient satisfaction
• Nurse practitioners and primary healthcare
• Role of the nurse practitioner in the hospital setting

Journals of interest for advanced nursing practice. Use these links to see details of availability.

• International Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice
• Journal of Advanced Nursing
• Nurse Practitioner
• The Journal for Nurse Practitioners