Advanced Practice Nursing in Africa
In Africa, health systems will collapse without nurses. The growth of APN programs in Africa is indicative of the recognition of this role in the roll out of universal healthcare. This chapter highlights the development of the Advanced Practice Nursing ro
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Susan B. Hassmiller Joyce Pulcini Editors
Advanced Practice Nursing Leadership: A Global Perspective
Advanced Practice in Nursing
Under the Auspices of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Series Editor: Christophe Debout GIP-IFITS Health Chair Sciences- Po Paris/IDS UMR Inserm 1145 Paris, France
This series of concise monographs, endorsed by the International Council of Nurses, explores various aspects of advanced practice nursing at the international level. The ICN International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network definition has been adopted for this series to define advanced practice nursing: "A Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nurse is a registered nurse who has acquired the expert knowledge base, complex decision-making skills and clinical competencies for expanded practice, the characteristics of which are shaped by the context and/or country in which s/he is credentialed to practice. A master's degree is recommended for entry level." At the international level, advanced practice nursing encompasses two professional profiles: Nurse practitioners (NPs) who have mastered advanced practice nursing, and are capable of diagnosing, making prescriptions for and referring patients. Though they mainly work in the community, some also work in hospitals. Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) are expert nurses who deliver high-quality nursing care to patients and promote quality care and performance in nursing teams. The duties performed by these two categories of advanced practice nurses on an everyday basis can be divided into five interrelated roles: Clinical practice Consultation Education Leadership Research The series addresses four topics directly related to advanced practice nursing: APN in practice (NPs and CNSs) Education and continuous professional development for advanced practice nurses Managerial issues related to advanced practice nursing Policy and regulation of advanced practice nursing The contributing authors are mainly APNs (NPs and CNSs) recruited from the ICN International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network. They include clinicians, educators, researchers, regulators and managers, and are recognized as experts in their respective fields. Each book within the series reflects the fundamentals of nursing / advanced practice nursing and will promote evidence-based nursing. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13871
Susan B. Hassmiller • Joyce Pulcini Editors
Advanced Practice Nursing Leadership: A Global Perspective
Editors Susan B. Hassmiller Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ USA
Joyce Pulcini School of Nursing George Washington University Washington, DC USA
ISSN 2511-3917 ISSN 2511-3925 (electronic) Advanced Practice in Nursing ISBN 978-3-030-20549-2 ISBN 978-3-030-20550-8 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20550-8 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specific
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