Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession: Essential Knowledge for the Profession / Edition 4

by Susan M. DeNisco

Overview

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. 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.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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781284176124
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	10/25/2019
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	948
Sales rank:	600,975
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Kathleen M. Woodruff, DNP, RN, ANP-BC(USC School of Social Work)
Description: This is the third edition of a comprehensive book covering the necessary core material for all graduate nursing education. This update is essential in the rapidly evolving healthcare industry as well as the area of nursing education. This book was originally published in 2008, and the second edition was released in 2012.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide the core knowledge needed by all nurses in advanced practice roles. This resource is not focused on any specific specialty or functional focus. This book compiles selected chapters from existing books in the publisher's collection to create unique book of exemplary works.
Audience: The intended audience is advanced practice nurses, nurse executives, nurse educators, and entrepreneurs. This includes all advanced practice nurses, not just those focused on advanced practice care. Additionally, this is a wonderful resource for graduate nursing students. The authors and editors are experienced professional nurses and experts in their fields.
Features: This is an excellent resource that integrates the AACN's Master's Essentials and Doctorate Essentials throughout. This edition covers a variety of current issues such as the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the IOM Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, the development of the clinical doctorate degree, and the Consensus Model for Advanced Practice Nurses. This edition focuses on the changing healthcare environment, electronic health record, healthcare finance, and quality/safety initiatives. The six sections focus on professional roles, healthcare delivery and health policy, quality and safety, theoretical foundations, the role of race/culture/ethics, and leadership and role transition.
Assessment: This is a well-organized and evidence-based contribution to nursing scholarship. It investigates a variety of current healthcare issues that are of primary concern globally to all professional advanced practice nurses. This edition covers current topics that are of concern and interest to advanced practice nurses. The focus on advanced practice nurses as a unified group is a welcome perspective. As a unified force, advanced practice nurses will be a more successful in promoting quality healthcare in our country.

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