Advanced Nursing Practice
Use this guide to find information resources about advanced nursing practice including books, reports and journal articles.
Last updated:
20/06/2025
Key Resources
RCN: The levels of nursing: setting definitions and standards for nursing practice beyond registration.
Royal College of Nursing (2024) RCN Professional Development Framework – Enhanced Level Nursing. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2024) RCN Professional Development Framework – Advanced Level Nursing. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2024) RCN Professional Development Framework – Consultant Level Nursing. London: RCN.
NHS Wales (2023) Professional framework for enhanced, advanced and consultant clinical practice in Wales. Cardiff: Health Education and Improvement Wales.
Palmer W, Julian S and Vaughan L (2023) Independent report on the regulation of advanced practice in nursing and midwifery. London: Nuffield Trust.
College of Deans of Health: Advanced Practice.
Health Education England, NHS Improvement and NHS England (2017) Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England. Leeds: HEE.
International Council of Nurses (2020) Guidelines on advanced practice nursing. Geneva: ICN.
NHS Scotland: Advanced practice nursing toolkit
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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.
We would like to thank the RCN Advanced Nurse Practitioner member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.
Books
Blair K (2018) Advanced practice nursing: core concepts for professional development. 6th edn. New York: Springer.
Collins-Bride G, Saxe J, Kaplan R and Duderstadt K (2016) Clinical guidelines for advanced practice nursing: an interprofessional approach. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
DeNisco S M (2023) Advanced practice nursing: essential knowledge for the profession. 4th edn. London: Jones & Bartlett.
Diamond-Fox S (2024) The advanced practitioner in acute, emergency and critical care. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.
Fagerstrom L M (2021) A caring advanced practice nursing model: theoretical perspectives and competency domains. Cham: Springer.
Fulton J S, Goudreau K A and Swartzell K L (eds.) (2020) Foundations of clinical nurse specialist practice. 3rd edn. New York: Springer.
Goudreau K A and Smolenski M C (2022) Health policy and advanced practice nursing: impact and implications. 3rd edn. New York: Springer.
Innes J A, Dover A R, Fairhurst K (eds.). (2023) Macleod’s clinical examination. 15th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
McGee P and Inman C (2019) Advanced practice in nursing and allied health professions. 4th edn. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Peate I, Diamond-Fox S, and Hill B (2024) The advanced practitioner: a framework for practice. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.
Schober M (2016) Introduction to advanced nursing practice: an international focus. Cham: Springer.
Schober M (2017) Strategic planning for advanced nursing practice. Cham: Springer.
Staffileno B A, Murphy M P and Buchholz S W (2022) Research for advanced practice nurses: from evidence to practice. 4th edn. New York: Springer.
Tracy M F, O’Grady E T and Phillips S J (2022) Hamric and Hanson’s advanced practice nursing: an integrative approach. 7th edn. Philadelphia: Saunders.
Zuzelo P (2018) Indirect care handbook for advanced nursing roles. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett.
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