Advanced Practice in Nursing and Health

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Chapter 1 – Inside Advanced Practice.

Chapter 2 – The Life Sciences in Advanced Practice.

Chapter 3 - The Principles of Patient Assessment in Advanced Practice.

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Chapter 4 – Decision Making and Incorporating Evidence into Advanced Practice.

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Chapter 5 - Prescribing Therapy in Advanced Practice.

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Chapter 6 – The Accountable Advanced Practitioner.

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Chapter 7 – Educational Assessment Methods in M Level Advanced Practice.

Part 2 - Case Studies (with critical commentary).

10 -15 case studies taken from a variety of health service contexts - primary, secondary, tertiary and from a range of diagnostic categories. Each case will use the same model of presentation as follows:

• A brief introduction into the service context and AP’s role.
  
• A summary of the patient’s journey.
  
• Consultation and history, physical/mental health examination, investigations, interpretations of results, differentiated diagnosis, treatment (diagnosis and treatment or referral to appropriate services)
  
• Evaluation/audit of treatment
  
• Final outcome for the episode of care considered.