Competencies for Advanced Nursing Practice

by Hinchliff; Susan

• ISBN13: 9780340927687
• ISBN10: 0340927682
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-08-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Competencies for Advanced Nursing Practice is the first and definitive book to deliver guidance for practitioners working to be recognized by the NMC for their advanced nursing practice. Written by experiences academics and advanced nurse practitioners from a variety of clinical backgrounds, this handbook will support nurses on their journey towards advanced nursing practice and provide detailed information on achieving the competencies within each of the seven domains outlines inthe NMC's Standards of Proficiency for Advanced Nurse Practitioners: assessment and management of patient health/illness status, the nurse-patient relationship, teaching-coaching function, professional role, managing and negotiating health care delivery systems, monitoring and ensuring the qualityof health care practice and respecting cultural competence. The text concludes with a section on how practitioners can collect and record evidence for accreditation of their advanced nursing practice. Aimed at the professional nurse working towards an advanced level of practice, as well as the nurse already practicing at this level and wishing to seek accreditation and also thte student and newly qualified nurse giving early consideration to their future career, this book offers clear anduser-friendly guidance for anybody wishing to undertake this standard of nursing practice.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
How to use this book	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgements	p. xv
What is advanced nursing practice?	p. 1
The legal and regulatory implications of advanced nursing practice	p. 21
Domain 1: The nurse-patient relationship	p. 50
Domain 2: Respecting culture and diversity	p. 71
Domain 3: Management of patient health/illness status	p. 95
Domain 4: The education function	p. 125
Domain 5: Professional role	p. 148
Domain 6: Managing and negotiating health care delivery systems	p. 171
Domain 7: Monitoring and ensuring the quality of health care practice	p. 192
Collecting the evidence	p. 220
Mapping of the NMC-proposed competencies against the knowledge and skills framework	p. 235
Nurse practitioner radiograph referral guidelines	p. 245
Portfolio development	p. 249
Learning contract example	p. 251
Learning contract guide	p. 253
Index	p. 255
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