Advanced Practice Nursing

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how advanced practice nurses are medical professionals with specific core competencies and are expected to provide more specialized care than their less skilled counterparts. The paper explains that this new branch has certain expectations of its practitioners whereby they are required to fulfill the growing need for better and more effective healthcare. The paper explains that their core competencies are grouped under five categories: clinical, research, leadership, collaboration and change agent. The paper details the need to carry out ethical practice, the need to be up-to-date with the new technological and scientific advancements in their field and the need for them to have enhanced cultural competency.

From the Paper:

"The main job responsibilities of ANPs include the application and adaptation of advanced skills in unpredictable, complex and unusual settings. They are expected to apply advanced clinical reasoning and decision making to guide, inform and teach patients and others who are under their direct care. ANPs are also required to do advanced assessment of the patient along with their diagnosis, treatment planning, and its implementation and evaluation skills. It is important that they are capable of prescribing and administering treatments within their scope of practice."

Sample of Sources Used:

• (1) Board of Nurse Examiners, State of Texas - [http://www.bne.state.tx.us/position.htm#15.18] Accessed on 08/08/2006
• (2) Registered Nurses Association of British Columbia - [http://www.rnabc.bc.ca/pdf/399.pdf] Accessed on 8/08/2006
• (3) Journal of Cultural Diversity - [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MJU/is_3_11/ai_n8585220] Accessed on 8/08/2006
• (4) [Charles I. Artz, Esq. - The expansion of APRN scope of practice (Physician's News Digest) - [http://www.physiciansnews.com/law/100artz.html] Accessed on 8/08/2006
• (5) American Association of Colleges of Nursing - EXPANDED ROLES FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSES - [http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/Backgrounders/apnursng.htm] Accessed on 8/08/2006

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