The Advanced Practice Nurse

From The Critics

Reviewer: Shirley E. Van Zandt, MS, MPH, CRNP(Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing)
Description: This book presents the major professional issues of the advanced nursing practice roles. It describes variations in the APN role throughout the U.S., the history of the role's evolution, and its current status. It provides description and direction for developing the role further, individually and as a profession. It does not speak to any specific clinical care issues.
Purpose: The purpose is to review the major professional issues facing APNs. By analyzing issues that affect role implementation, broad theoretical concepts are applied to practical concerns of APNs.
Audience: Targeted to advanced practice nurse students as a textbook and APNs as a reference, this book is useful to anyone wanting to review the role of APNs.
Features: The strong bibliographies provide great reference lists for those wanting to pursue these issues further. The book's small size and paperback cover make it a very accessible reference on these issues.
Assessment: Because this book reviews the major professional issues of nurses in advanced practice, it is a very pertinent text for students and useable reference for current APNs. It provides great bibliographic support for its topics, which is useful for future reference. It reviews the history of the advanced practice role evolution well. Its plain cover and dry presentation belie the richness and usefulness of its content. Its content should be basic knowledge for all beginning advanced practice nurses.

Shirley E. Van Zandt

This book presents the major professional issues of the advanced nursing practice roles. It describes variations in the APN role throughout the U.S., the history of the role's evolution, and its current status. It provides description and direction for developing the role further, individually and as a profession. It does not speak to any specific clinical care issues. The purpose is to review the major professional issues facing APNs. By analyzing issues that affect role implementation, broad theoretical concepts are applied to practical concerns of APNs. Targeted to advanced practice nurse students as a textbook and APNs as a reference, this book is useful to anyone wanting to review the role of APNs. The strong bibliographies provide great reference lists for those wanting to pursue these issues further. The book's small size and paperback cover make it a very accessible reference on these issues. Because this book reviews the major professional issues of nurses in advanced practice, it is a very pertinent text for students and useable reference for current APNs. It provides great bibliographic support for its topics, which is useful for future reference. It reviews the history of the advanced practice role evolution well. Its plain cover and dry presentation belie the richness and usefulness of its content. Its content should be basic knowledge for all beginning advanced practice nurses.

3 Stars from Doody