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Advanced Nursing Practice

Use this guide to find information resources about advanced nursing practice including books, reports and journal articles.

Last updated: 03/12/2024

Key Resources

NHS Wales (2023) Professional framework for enhanced, advanced and consultant clinical practice in Wales. Cardiff: Health Education and Improvement Wales.

Palmer W, Julian S and Vaughan L (2023) Independent report on the regulation of advanced practice in nursing and midwifery. London: Nuffield Trust.
Publication Cover Royal College of Nursing (2018) Royal College of Nursing standards for advanced level nursing practice. London: RCN.
Publication Cover Royal College of Nursing (2018) RCN Standards for advanced level nursing practice, advanced nurse practitioners, RCN accreditation and RCN credentialing. London: RCN.
RCN: advanced nursing practice standards
College of Deans of Health: Advanced Practice.
Health Education England, NHS Improvement and NHS England (2017) Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England. Leeds: HEE.
International Council of Nurses (2020) Guidelines on advanced practice nursing. Geneva: ICN.
NHS Scotland:  Advanced practice nursing toolkit
  • A UK wide resource endorsed by the Chief Nursing Officers for each country.
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Royal College of Nursing Scotland (2015) Nurse Innovators: clinical decision-making in action, RCN: Edinburgh. Royal College of Nursing Scotland (2015) Nurse innovators: clinical decision-making in action. RCN: Edinburgh.
We would like to thank the RCN Advanced Nurse Practitioner member community for their input into the development of this subject guide.

Books

Book cover Blair K (2018) Advanced practice nursing: core concepts for professional development. 6th edn. New York: Springer.
Book cover Collins-Bride G, Saxe J, Kaplan R and Duderstadt K (2016) Clinical guidelines for advanced practice nursing: an interprofessional approach. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett Learning.
DeNisco S M (2023) Advanced practice nursing: essential knowledge for the profession. London: Jones & Bartlett.

DeNisco S M (2023) Advanced practice nursing: essential knowledge for the profession. 4th edn. London: Jones & Bartlett.

Diamond-Advanced-Practitioner Diamond-Fox S (2024) The advanced practitioner in acute, emergency and critical care. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.
Book cover Fagerstrom L M (2021) A caring advanced practice nursing model: theoretical perspectives and competency domains. Cham: Springer.
Book cover Fulton J S, Goudreau K A and Swartzell K L (eds.) (2020) Foundations of clinical nurse specialist practice. 3rd edn. New York: Springer.
Book cover Goudreau K A and Smolenski M C (2022) Health policy and advanced practice nursing: impact and implications. 3rd edn. New York: Springer.
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Innes J A, Dover A R, Fairhurst K (eds.). (2023) Macleod’s clinical examination. 15th edn. Edinburgh: Elsevier.

Book cover McGee P and Inman C (2019) Advanced practice in nursing and allied health professions. 4th edn. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Peate-Advanced-practitioner Peate I, Diamond-Fox S, and Hill B (2024) The advanced practitioner: a framework for practice. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.
Book cover Schober M (2016) Introduction to advanced nursing practice: an international focus. Cham: Springer.
Book cover Schober M (2017) Strategic planning for advanced nursing practice. Cham: Springer.
Book cover Staffileno B A, Murphy M P and Buchholz S W (2022) Research for advanced practice nurses: from evidence to practice. 4th edn. New York: Springer.
Tracy M F, O’Grady E T and Phillips S J (2022) Hamric and Hanson’s advanced practice nursing: an integrative approach. 7th edn. Philadelphia: Saunders. Tracy M F, O’Grady E T and Phillips S J (2022) Hamric and Hanson’s advanced practice nursing: an integrative approach. 7th edn. Philadelphia: Saunders. 
Book cover Zuzelo P (2018) Indirect care handbook for advanced nursing roles. Burlington: Jones & Bartlett.

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