Step 7: Initiate the
advanced practice nursing role implementation plan
Figure 2 presents a futures triangle for
advanced practice nursing. Advanced practice emerges and develops in response to pushes and pulls, often despite the perceived weights.
In response to these needs, and to meet legal, regulatory, fiscal, and practice requirements, the director of
advanced practice nursing position was created.
* The ONS Publishing Team and a work group are revising the Statement on the Scope and Standards of Oncology Practice and the Scope and Standards of
Advanced Practice Nursing in Oncology Nursing to include geriatric oncology perspectives.
In addition to demonstrating the key components of
advanced practice nursing, recipients illustrate how they have served as a catalyst for successful change.
Thanks to the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and its ICN Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice International Network, a firm foundation has been established for
advanced practice nursing among global professional organizations.
ONS recognizes that nurses have differing opinions about the DNP and its impact on the nursing profession, especially with respect to
advanced practice nursing roles.
These provisions would greatly improve Medicaid patient access to
advanced practice nursing care.
Since APN and APRN seem to be the most used legal terms for
advanced practice nursing clinicians, hopefully there can be consensus on one of these terms, and mutual nurse licensure compacts can be formed.
The pediatric nurse practitioner role in the tertiary setting is one of several emerging roles gaining recognition in the various groups of
advanced practice nursing programs today.
A Career Ladder Grant program would provide scholarships or stipends for nurse professionals, licensed practical nurses, certified nurse assistants and home health aides who enroll in entry-level nursing programs, as well as programs for
advanced practice nursing degrees, RN/ master's degrees, doctoral degrees, public health nursing, nurse educator training, nurse administrator training and training programs focused on specific technology use or disease management.
Pace is being recognized for a career of accomplishments devoted to women's health and
advanced practice nursing.