Advanced Nursing Practice
Advanced practice is a level of practice, rather than a type or specialty of practice. Advanced practitioners are educated at masters level in advanced practice and are assessed as competent in practice, using expert knowledge and skills. They have the freedom and authority to act, making autonomous decisions in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients. Use this guide to find information resources relating to advanced nursing practice including books, reports and journal articles.
Key Resources
Royal College of Nursing (2018) Royal College of Nursing standards for advanced level nursing practice. London: RCN.
Royal College of Nursing (2018) RCN Standards for advanced level nursing practice, advanced nurse practitioners, RCN accreditation and RCN credentialing. London: RCN.
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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.
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 (2019) Advanced practice nursing: essential knowledge for the profession. London: Jones & Bartlett.
Innes J A, Dover A R, Fairhurst K (eds.). (2018) Macleod’s clinical examination. 14th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Kuiper R, Pesut D and Arms T (2016) Clinical reasoning and care coordination in advanced practice nursing. New York: Springer.
McGee P and Inman C (2019) Advanced practice in nursing and allied health professions. 4th edn. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Neighbour R (2005) The inner consultation: how to develop an effective and intuitive consulting style. 2nd edn. London: Radcliffe Medical.
Schober M (2016) Introduction to advanced nursing practice: an international focus. Cham: Springer.
Schober M (2017) Strategic planning for advanced nursing practice. Cham: Springer.
Tracy M F and O and Grady E T (2018) Hamric and Hanson’s advanced practice nursing: an integrative approach. 6th edn. Philadelphia: Saunders.
Zuzelo P (2018) Indirect care handbook for advanced nursing roles. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett.
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