FINAL NURSING PAPER 1
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Final Nursing Paper
Seilin Gonzalez
· Advanced Practice Roles in Nursing:
· Briefly define advance nursing practice and the roles in advanced practice nursing pertaining to clinical practice, primary care, education, administration, and health information. Distinguish between ANP and the APN.
Advanced nursing practice may be defined in regards to either role undertakings or competencies. Saleh, Alameddine & Mourad et al. (2015) assert that when defined based on competencies, advanced nursing practice is perceived as a set skills or capabilities that individuals in such a role must possess. In regards to role, Yee, Boukus, Cross & Samuel (2013) posit that this concept described a multiplicity of various roles, for example educator, clinician, consultant and researcher, rather than a particular distinctive role. It is however notable that as the nursing profession evolves the advanced nursing practice concept is also undergoing transformations.
There are notable differences between advanced nurse practitioners (ANP) and advanced practice nurses (APN). Masters (2015) asserts that one of the most significant distinguishing features is that APNs are the most highly trained/educated registered nurses and they possess either masters or doctorate nursing degrees. Moreover, Martinez-Gonzalez, Djalali & Tandjung et al. (2014) assert that while ANPs may have to work under the supervision of physicians, APNs fulfill roles for example as ordering laboratory test, prescribing medicines, diagnosing conditions and even interpreting lab results, which were initially only fulfilled by doctors. According to Gehring, Schwappach & Battaglia et al. (2013) the main features of ANP …
