Advanced Practice Nursing: Essential Knowledge for the Profession - Softcover

DeNisco, Susan M.; Barker, Anne M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1284072576 ISBN 13: 9781284072570

Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2015

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Advanced Practice Nursing:Essential Knowledge for the Profession, Third Edition is a core advanced practice text used in both Master's Level and DNP programs. The Third Edition is a unique compilation of existing chapters from a variety of high-level Jones amp Bartlett Learning works creating a comprehensive and well-rounded resource for the advanced practice nursing student. Similar to the previous edition, The Third Edition features updated content around the AACN's Master's Essentials as well as the Essentials for Doctoral Education. Throughout this text the authors address the rapid changes in the health care environment with a special focus on health care finance, electronic health records, quality and safety as well as emerging roles for the advanced practice nurse. Patient care in the context of advanced nursing roles is also covered.

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Susan DeNisco is the Director of the Post Baccalaureate, Doctor of Nursing Practice/Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Sacred Heart University. She has held a variety of leadership positions including Interim Director of the School of Nursing and Director of Graduate Nursing Programs. She coordinated the Family Nurse Practitioner Program there from 2000 - 2010. She led the development of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Program which was implemented in 2010. Susan received a DNP degree in Clinical Leadership from Case Western Reserve University, an MS in the Family Nurse Practitioner Program from Pace University, and a BSN from Western Connecticut State University. Dr. DeNisco is the Executive Director of College of Health Professions, Center for Community Health & Wellness. She served on the Executive Board of the Connecticut Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Society in a variety of elected positions including President from 2005-2009. She is certified as a Childbirth Educator by the Council of Childbirth Education Specialists.Dr. DeNisco's impressive career includes 30 years of clinical experience as a Family Nurse Practitioner in a variety of primary care settings. Her work has largely focused on medically underserved populations including disenfranchised groups such as migrant farm workers, refugees and the homeless. Dr. DeNisco's current clinical practice areas include internal medicine at a large federally qualified health center for the medically underserved in Bridgeport, CT. Her scholarly interests include evidence-based treatment modalities for alternative treatments for pain, depression and anxiety disorders. She has published several articles and book chapters on these topics. Her doctoral research focused on the relationship between resilience and diabetes outcomes in African American women. She was recently inducted as a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She is the recipient of numerous state and national awards including the American Academy of Nurse Practitioner Connecticut State Award for Excellence, The National Nursing Center Consortium Primary Care Champion Award, the Connecticut Nurses Association, Diamond Jubilee Josephine Dolan Award for Outstanding Contributions to Nursing Education. Most recently she received the Connecticut League for Nursing, Jane E. Murdock “Life-Long” Learning Award for her contributions to nursing education.'She has been awarded several grants by the Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging to implement health promotion programs for elderly Latinos residing in Bridgeport. Most recently, Dr. DeNiscoreceived funding by the Department of Health and Human Services, Advanced Nursing Education Workforce grant. The project, entitled Alternatives to Opioids for Pain (ALTOP) will benefit patients who are at risk for misuse of opioids for non-cancer chronic pain.As a Family Nurse Practitioner, Dr. DeNisco feels she is able to combine her love for clinical practice with teaching since education provides the foundation for all health promotion and wellness activities.

Professor of Nursing, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1284072576
• ISBN 13: 9781284072570
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 818
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