This inaugural issue of Topics in Advanced Practice Nursing: A Medscape eMed Journal is dedicated to advanced practice nurses (APNs) worldwide. In searching for the best articles for this journal, we ...

Advanced Practice Nursing: The future is now It is time to upgrade our image, and unify our profession. Do not wait to be a part of health care's evolution. As America moves forward since the Supreme ...

If you’ve been to a doctor’s office, walk-in health clinic or hospital recently, the odds are pretty good that you have met or received care from an advanced practice registered nurse. Known as APRNs, ...

INTEGRIS Health Hospital has welcomed Lela Cupp, an advanced practice registered nurse and certified nurse midwife, expanding ...

Advanced practice nursing is a rapidly evolving discipline that transcends traditional nursing roles by integrating enhanced clinical skills, autonomy in decision‐making, and leadership in ...

Although nurses traditionally see themselves as holistic in their practice, young NPs may embrace the medical model as their first clinical guide. Brown and Olshansky studied the first transitional ...

Drexel's accredited online Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program is designed for advanced nursing practice leaders seeking a terminal degree in nursing practice and offers an alternative to ...

Advanced nursing practice in the UK was pioneered in the 1970s. Advanced nursing roles have grown but the UK lacks a regulatory framework to define advanced practice and the education it requires; ...

Some education advocates fear that losing a pipeline of advanced nursing practitioners to serve as college faculty also could lead to fewer registered and advanced nurses and other caregivers with two ...