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.
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.
Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland (2016) Advanced nursing practice framework: supporting advanced nursing practice in health and social care trusts, NIPEC: Belfast.
Royal College of Nursing Scotland (2015) Nurse innovators: clinical decision-making in action, RCN: Edinburgh.
Blair K and Jansen M (2015) Advanced practice nursing: core concepts for professional role development, 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.
Cox C, Hill M and Lack V (2012) Advanced practice in healthcare: skills for nurses and allied health professions, London: Routledge.
Hamric A (2014) Advanced practice nursing: an integrative approach (5th edition), St Louis: Elsevier Saunders.
Kuiper R, Pesut D and Arms T (2016) Clinical reasoning and care coordination in advanced practice nursing, New York: Springer.
McGee P (2009) Advanced practice in nursing and allied health professions (3rd edition), Oxford: 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 International Publishing.
Sullivan-Marx E (2010) Nurse practitioners: the evolution and future of advanced practice (5th edition), New York: Springer.
Tracy M F and O’Grady E T (2018) Hamric and Hanson’s advanced practice nursing: an integrative approach (6th edition), Philadelphia: Saunders.
Journals of interest for advanced nursing practice. Use these links to see details of availability.
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