The International Advanced Practice Nurse Integration Model: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Porat-Dahlerbruch, Joshua; Miller, Tatyana; Shamian, Judith; Ellen, Moriah

doi:10.34172/ijhpm.9777

The International Advanced Practice Nurse Integration Model: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Document Type : Correspondence

Authors

Joshua Porat-Dahlerbruch ¹^{, 2}

Tatyana Miller ³

Judith Shamian ²^{, 4}

Moriah Ellen ²^{, 5}^{, 6}

¹ Department of Acute & Tertiary Care, School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

² Israel Implementation Science and Policy Engagement Centre, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel

³ Herzog Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

⁴ International Council of Nurses, Geneva, Switzerland

⁵ Department of Health Policy and Management, Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business & Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, Israel

⁶ Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

10.34172/ijhpm.9777

Keywords

Health Policy

Implementation Science

Nurse Practitioners

Theoretical Models

Introduction to Advanced Practice Nurse Integration

Per the International Council of Nurses (ICN), an advanced practice nurse (APN) is “a generalist or specialized nurse who has acquired, through additional graduate education the expert knowledge base, complex decision-making skills, and clinical competencies shaped by the context in which they are credentialed to practice.” ...(Read more...)

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