Advanced Nursing Practice: The Expanding Role of the Nurse Practitioner

by Carole Mackavey (Editor)

Overview

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the nursing field has undergone a profound transformation. As healthcare systems struggled with extraordinary challenges, nurse practitioners emerged as integral team members, highlighting their adaptability and resilience.

Featuring contributed chapters from experts in the field, Advanced Nursing Practice: The Expanding Role of the Nurse Practitioner provides students with an in-depth examination of nurse practitioners' enhanced responsibilities, skills, and contributions. The book underscores how advanced nursing practice and the nurse practitioner role are constantly evolving to meet the needs of the healthcare system and play a significant role in shaping the future of healthcare delivery. Individual chapters cover the changing healthcare landscape, innovations and new technologies, nursing education, essential competencies according to the AACN, advanced practice nursing's role in social determinants of health, leadership and project management, and more.

Designed to help students better understand the expanding role of the nurse practitioner, Advanced Nursing Practice is an ideal textbook for courses and programs within the discipline.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823303606
Publisher:	Cognella Academic Publishing
Publication date:	04/15/2024
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Carole Mackavey is an associate professor at the Cizik School of Nursing/University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas. She is the MSN program coordinator and the post-master's nursing education track coordinator. She primarily teaches in the BSN to DNP and MSN nursing education programs. Dr. Mackavey earned an MSN/FNP from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and a DNP from UTHealth.