Advanced Nursing Practice

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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Council of Deans of Health (2018) An overview of advanced practice policy across the UK. London: Council of Deans of Health. 

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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.

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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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NHS Scotland:  Advanced practice nursing toolkit

• A UK wide resource endorsed by the Chief Nursing Officers for each country.
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NHS Wales (2010) Framework for advanced nursing, midwifery and allied health professional practice in Wales, LLanharan: National Leadership and Innovation Agency for Healthcare.

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Department of Health Northern Ireland (2018) Advanced nursing practice framework, Belfast: DH.

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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.

Blair K (2018) Advanced practice nursing: core concepts for professional development (6th edition), New York: Springer.

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Collins-Bride G, Saxe J, Kaplan R and Duderstadt K (2016) Clinical guidelines for advanced practice nursing: an interprofessional approach, Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

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DeNisco S M (2019) Advanced practice nursing: essential knowledge for the profession. London: Jones & Bartlett. 

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Kuiper R, Pesut D and Arms T (2016) Clinical reasoning and care coordination in advanced practice nursing, New York: Springer.

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McGee P and Inman C (2019) Advanced practice in nursing and allied health professions. 4th edn. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

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Schober M (2016) Introduction to advanced nursing practice: an international focus: Cham: Springer.

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Schober M (2017) Strategic planning for advanced nursing practice Cham: Springer International Publishing.

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Tracy M F and O’Grady E T (2018) Hamric and Hanson’s advanced practice nursing: an integrative approach (6th edition), Philadelphia: Saunders.

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Zuzelo P (2018) Indirect care handbook for advanced nursing roles, Burlington: Jones & Bartlett.

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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.

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