Support for Nyrsing Education as an APN Role

摘要

Definitely. Support for this position can be found in American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and National League for Nursing (NLN) documents. AACN defines advanced nursing practice as "any form of nursing intervention that influences health care outcomes for individuals or populations, including the direct care of individual patients, management of care for individuals and populations, administration of nursing and health care organizations, and the development and implementation of health policy." Although this definition specifically indicates that the provision of direct care is an important component of advanced nursing practice, it also suggests that providing indirect care to individuals or to a group or population could also be considered advanced practice. No one would argue that nurse educators in both clinical and academic settings have a significant impact on patient health outcomes by preparing future nurses and by providing continuing professional development opportunities to practicing nurses.