Nurse Practitioners: Evolution of Advanced Practice, Fourth Edition (Advanced Practice Nursing)

✍ Scribed by Mathy D. Mezey, Diane O. McGivern, Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, Sherry A. Greenberg

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 505
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Designated a Doody's Core Title! "Nothing could be more propitious to herald in the 21st century than this Fourth Edition... It chronicles the depth and breadth of advanced practice nursing historically, clinically, professionally, organizationally, legally and politically....A vital descriptive link in the illustrious, if tortuous, history of advanced practice nursing." --from the Foreword by Loretta C. Ford, RN, EdD, PNP, FAAN, FAANP, Co-Founder with Pediatrician Henry Silver, of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Role (1965) New to this edition are chapters on the nuts and bolts of practice, outcomes research, certified registered nurse anesthetists, acute care nurse practitioners, the Veterans Administration, the nurse workforce, holistic care, and home care. This comprehensive textbook provides a broad and balanced picture of this important part of professional nursing, and is a valuable resource for students in advanced practice nursing programs as well as new advanced practice graduates.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 12
Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgments......Page 16
Contributors......Page 18
PART I: Perspectives: History, Education, Philosophy, and Research......Page 24
1 Advanced Practice Nursing: Preparation and Clinical Practice......Page 26
2 Philosophical and Historical Bases of Advanced Practice Nursing Roles......Page 60
Commentary: Philosophical and Historical Bases of Advanced Practice Nursing Roles......Page 77
3 Primary Care as an Academic Discipline......Page 88
4 Research in Support of Nurse Practitioners......Page 107
5 Long-Term Outcomes of Advanced Practice Nursing......Page 131
PART II: The Practice Arena: Many Roles, Many Settings......Page 156
6 Advanced Practice Nurses in Acute-Care Services......Page 158
7 Advanced Practice Nurses in Managed Care......Page 173
8 Nurse Practitioners in the School-Based Health Care Environment......Page 189
9 Meeting the Needs of Older Adults for Primary Health Care......Page 215
10 Advanced Practice Psychiatric–Mental Health Nursing......Page 238
11 Advanced Practice in Holistic Nursing......Page 256
12 Nurse-Midwifery and Primary Health Care for Women......Page 277
13 Nurse Anesthetists: Evolution From Critical Care Practitioners to Anesthesia Providers......Page 292
14 Roles of Nurse Practitioners in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs......Page 307
PART III: Voices From the Field......Page 326
15 The Voice of Experience: The Nuts and Bolts of Advanced Practice for Nurse Practitioners......Page 328
16 Marginalized Patients, Family Nurse Practitioners, and Nurse-Managed Health Centers: Caring for Residents in Public-Housing-Based Nursing Centers......Page 344
17 Primary Care in the Home: The Nurse Practitioners' Role......Page 356
18 Surgical Intensive Care Unit Nurse Practitioner......Page 370
19 Physician–Nurse Practitioner Relationships......Page 378
20 Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Pediatrician: Collaborative Practice......Page 390
21 Adolescent Family Practice......Page 399
PART IV: Payment, Policy, and Politics......Page 412
22 Systems of Payment for Advanced Practice Nurses......Page 414
23 Licensure, Certification, and Credentialing......Page 438
24 Workforce Policy Perspectives on Advance Practice Nursing......Page 454
25 Academic Nursing Practice: Implications for Policy......Page 466
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