Contributors
Preface
I: Foundations of Advanced Nursing Practice
1. Overview of Advanced Practice Registered Nursing
Melissa A. Saftner and Maria N. Ruud
2. Advanced Practice Within a Nursing Paradigm
Patricia A. Ducklow
3. Multifaceted Roles of the APRN
Jana G. Zwilling
4. Advanced Practice Nursing Within Healthcare Settings: Organizational Roles
Jana G. Zwilling
5. Interprofessional Collaborative Teams and Education: Roles for the APRN
Kathryn A. Blair
6. Global Health: Dynamic Roles for the APRN/Advanced Practice Nurse
Kathy J. Wheeler and Lorna L. Schumann
7. Leadership for Competencies for APRN: Challenges and Opportunity
Rebecca M. Patton, Margarete L. Zalon, and Ruth Ludwick
II: Implementation of the APRN Role
8. Advanced Clinical Decision Making
Kathryn A. Blair
9. Healthcare Policy: Implications for Advanced Nursing Practice
Evelyn G. Duffy
10. Practice Issues: Regulation Including Prescriptive Authority and Title Protection, Certification, Clinical Privileges/Credentialing, and Liability
Kathryn A. Blair
11. Reimbursement Realities for the APRN
Andra Fjone and Cheri Friedrich
12. Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing
Deborah J. Kenny
13. Evidence-Based Practice: Staying Informed and Translating Research Into Practice and Policy
Patricia Biller Krauskopf
14. Health Information Technology for the APRN
Vicki J. Brownrigg
III: Transitions to the Advanced Practice Role
15. Scholarship of Practice
Patricia A. White and Kathryn A. Blair
16. Launching Your Advanced Practice Career
Carole G. Traylor
Index