Book description
Competencies for Advanced Nursing Practice is the first and
definitive book to deliver guidance for practitioners working to be
recognized for their advanced nursing practice.
Written by experienced 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 outlined in the RCN and the NMC's proposed Standards of
Proficiency for Advanced Nurse Practitioners: the nurse-patient
relationship; respecting culture and diversity; management of patient
health/illness status; the education function; professional role;
managing and negotiating health care delivery systems; and monitoring
and ensuring the quality of health care practice.
The text concludes with a section on how practice can be recorded and
used in the portfolioing and accreditation process, how to collect and
record evidence and how nurses can be supported and facilitated
through this process.
Aimed at the professional nurse working towards an advanced level of
practice, the nurse already practising at this level and seeking
accreditation and also the student and newly qualified nurse giving
early consideration to their future career, this book offers clear and
user-friendly guidance for anybody wishing to undertake this standard
of nursing practice.
Sue Hinchliff RGN RNT BA MSc, Consultant in Advanced Nursing Practice
to the Nursing and Midwifery Council; Visiting Professor in Nursing and
Nursing Education to London South Bank University; Consultant to Royal
College of Nursing Accreditation Unit, UK Rosemary Rogers BA RGN,
Projects Director (Public Sector), Emap Inform, UK
