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Hamric & Hanson's Advanced Practice Nursing

An Integrative Approach

  • 7th Edition - August 5, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Mary Fran Tracy, Eileen T. O'Grady, Susanne J. Phillips
  • Language: English

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Advanced Practice**Edited and written by a "Who's Who" of internationally known thought leaders in… Read more

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**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Advanced Practice**

Edited and written by a "Who's Who" of internationally known thought leaders in advanced practice nursing, Hamric and Hanson's Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach, 7th Edition provides a clear, comprehensive, and contemporary introduction to advanced practice nursing today, addressing all major APRN competencies, roles, and issues. Thoroughly revised and updated, the 7th edition of this bestselling text covers topics ranging from the evolution of advanced practice nursing to evidence-based practice, leadership, ethical decision-making, and health policy.

Key features

  • Coverage of the full breadth of APRN core competencies defines and describes all competencies, including direct clinical practice, guidance and coaching, evidence-based practice, leadership, collaboration, and ethical practice
  • Operationalizes and applies the APRN core competencies to the major APRN roles: the Clinical Nurse Specialist, the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (both adult-gerontology and pediatric), the Certified Nurse-Midwife, and the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
  • Content on managing APRN environments addresses factors such as business planning and reimbursement; marketing, negotiating, and contracting; regulatory, legal, and credentialing requirements; health policy; and nursing outcomes and performance improvement research

Table of contents

Part I: Historical and Developmental Aspects of Advanced Practice Nursing

1. Highlights from the History of Advanced Practice Nursing in the United States

2. Conceptualizations of Advanced Practice Nursing

3. A Definition of Advanced Practice Nursing

4. Role Development of the Advanced Practice Nurse

5. Evolving and Innovative Opportunities for Advanced Practice Nursing

6. International Development of Advanced Practice Nursing NEW more global focus

Part II: Competencies of Advanced Practice Nursing

7. Direct Clinical Practice

8. Coaching and Guidance

9. Consultation

10. Evidence-Based Practice and Research

11. Leadership

12. Collaboration NEW emphasis on interprofessional collaborative practice

13. Ethical Decision Making

Part III: Advanced Practice Roles: The Operational Definitions of Advanced Practice Nursing

14. The Clinical Nurse Specialist

15. The Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

16. The Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

17. The Certified Nurse-Midwife

18. The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist

Part IV: Critical Elements in Managing Advanced Nursing Practice Environments

19. Business Planning and Reimbursement Mechanisms

20. Marketing and Negotiation

21. Understanding Regulatory, Legal, and Credentialing Requirements

22. Health Policy Issues in Changing Environments

23. An Integrative Review of APRN Outcomes and Performance Improvement

24. Using Outcomes and Performance Improvement Data to Evaluate and Improve Practice

Product details

  • Edition: 7
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 4, 2022
  • Language: English

About the authors

MT

Mary Fran Tracy

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Assistant Dean for the PhD Program and Director of Graduate Studies, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota; Nurse Scientist, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

EO

Eileen T. O'Grady

Affiliations and expertise
Certified Nurse Practitioner and Wellness Coach; Founder, The School of Wellness, McLean, Virginia, USA

SP

Susanne J. Phillips

Affiliations and expertise
Associate Dean - Clinical Affairs, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA