Advanced Practice Nursing (4th Revised Edition)

Description

Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession, Fourth Edition is a core advanced practice text used in both Master’s Level and DNP programs. This text is centered around a compilation of existing chapters from a variety of high-level Jones & Bartlett Learning works creating a comprehensive and well-rounded resource for the advanced practice nursing student. Similar to the previous edition, the Fourth Edition is framed around the AACN’s Master’s Essentials as well as the Essentials for Doctoral Education featuring the most up-to-date content on each set of Essentials. This text is unique in that to aligns the Common APRN Doctoral Level Competencies with the DNP Essentials.

Throughout the Fourth Edition the authors address the rapid changes in the health care environment with a special focus on health care finance, electronic health records, quality and safety as well as emerging roles for the advanced practice nurse. Patient care in the context of the advanced nursing role is also discussed.

Key Features

• Advanced-practice programs at both the MSN and DNP level
• Advanced Role Development
• Advanced Nursing Practice Roles

Table of Contents

1. Part  1  Professional Roles for Advanced Practice
   1. Chapter  1  Introduction to the Role of Advanced Practice Nursing
   2. Chapter  2  Historical Perspectives: The Art and Science of Nurse Practitionering
   3. Chapter  3  Overview of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree
   4. Chapter  4  Emerging Roles for the DNP
   5. Chapter  5  Influencing and Leading Change in the Complex Health Care Environment: The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse
   6. Chapter  6  Interprofessional Collaboration for Improving Patient and Population Health
2. Part  2  Health Care Delivery and Health Policy for Advanced Practice: Core Knowledge
   1. Chapter  7  An Overview of U.S. Health Care Delivery
   2. Chapter  8  Government Response: Regulation
   3. Chapter  9  Healthcare Policy for Advocacy in Health Care
   4. Chapter  10  Healthcare Business Essentials: A Primer for Advanced Nurses
   5. Chapter  11  Microeconomics in the Hospital Firm: Competition, Regulation, the Profit Motive, and Patient Care
3. Part  3  Quality, Safety and Information Systems for Advanced Practice Nurses
   1. Chapter  12  Influencing Outcomes: Improving the Quality of Care Delivery
   2. Chapter  13  Providing Patient Value While Achieving Quality, Safety, and Cost-Effectiveness
   3. Chapter  14  Health Information Technology
   4. Chapter  15  The Electronic Health Record and Clinical Informatics
   5. Chapter  16  The Impact of EHRs, Big Data, and Evidence-Informed Practice
   6. Chapter  17  Utilize Informatics
4. Part  4  Theoretical Foundations, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice
   1. Chapter  18  The Evolution of Nursing Science
   2. Chapter  19  Research: How Health Care Advances
   3. Chapter  20  Evidence-Based Practice
   4. Chapter  21  Clinical Scholarship and Evidence-Based Practice
   5. Chapter  22  Writing for Professional Publication
5. Part  5  The Role of Race, Culture, Ethics, and Advocacy in Advanced Practice Nursing
   1. Chapter  23  Beliefs, Values, and Health
   2. Chapter  24  Cultural Sensitivity and Global Health
   3. Chapter  25  Health Services for Special Populations
   4. Chapter  26  Advanced Practice Nursing: The Nurse-Patient Relationship and General Ethical Concerns
   5. Chapter  27  Ethical Leadership by Advanced Practice Nurses
6. Part  6  Leadership and Role Transition for the Advanced Practice Nurse
   1. Chapter  28  Strategic Career Planning: Professional and Personal Development
   2. Chapter  29  Developing Leadership Skills for the Advance Practice Nurse through Mentorship
   3. Chapter  30  Managing Personal Resources: Time and Stress Management
   4. Chapter  31  Entering the Job Market and Promoting your Future Success

Author Biography

Susan M. DeNisco, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, FAANP – Professor and Director, Doctor of Nursing Practice & Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, Family Nurse Practitioner, Southwest Community Health Center, Bridgeport, Connecticut

Susan DeNisco is the Director of the Post Baccalaureate, Doctor of Nursing Practice/Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Sacred Heart University. She has held a variety of leadership positions including Interim Director of the School of Nursing and Director of Graduate Nursing Programs. She coordinated the Family Nurse Practitioner Program there from 2000 – 2010. She led the development of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program which was implemented in 2010. Susan received a DNP degree in Clinical Leadership from Case Western Reserve University, an MS in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program from Pace University, and a BSN from Western Connecticut State University. Dr. DeNisco is the Executive Director of College of Health Professions, Center for Community Health & Wellness. She served on the Executive Board of the Connecticut Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Society in a variety of elected positions including President from 2005-2009. She is certified as a Childbirth Educator by the Council of Childbirth Education Specialists.

Dr. DeNisco’s impressive career includes 30 years of clinical experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner in a variety of primary care settings. Her work has largely focused on medically underserved populations including disenfranchised groups such as migrant farm workers, refugees and the homeless. Dr. DeNisco’s current clinical practice areas include internal medicine at a large federally qualified health center for the medically underserved in Bridgeport, CT. Her scholarly interests include evidence-based treatment modalities for alternative treatments for pain, depression and anxiety disorders. She has published several articles and book chapters on these topics. Her doctoral research focused on the relationship between resilience and diabetes outcomes in African American women. She was recently inducted as a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She is the recipient of numerous state and national awards including the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner Connecticut State Award for Excellence, The National Nursing Center Consortium Primary Care Champion Award, the Connecticut Nurses Association, Diamond Jubilee Josephine Dolan Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Education. Most recently she received the Connecticut League for Nursing, Jane E. Murdock “Life-Long” Learning Award for her contributions to nursing education. She has been awarded several grants by the Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging to implement health promotion programs for elderly Latinos residing in Bridgeport. Most recently, Dr. DeNiscoreceived funding by the Department of Health and Human Services, Advanced Nursing Education Workforce grant. The project, entitled Alternatives to Opioids for Pain (ALTOP) will benefit patients who are at risk for misuse of opioids for non-cancer chronic pain.

As a Family Nurse Practitioner, Dr. DeNisco feels she is able to combine her love for clinical practice with teaching since education provides the foundation for all health promotion and wellness activities.