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Historically, the pioneers of the nursing profession were clear about their vision of advancing practice and empowering nurses to practise with autonomy, as they progress through their careers...
According to HEE (2017), advanced clinical practice is delivered by experienced, registered health and care practitioners. HEE (2017) defines it as ‘a level of practice characterised by a high degree...
Healthcare is constantly changing, with the evidence base expanding exponentially (Tsay and Yang, 2005). As independent practitioners, ACPs need research capability to keep abreast of the developing...
‘Most errors in the physical examination … [which lead to adverse outcomes] … are related to not performing an examination.’ .
Clinical supervision is clearly an important factor in the development of ACPs. With the advent of the HEE (2020) workplace supervision document, it can only be hoped that its necessity and importance...
Simulation has been used in medical, nursing and dental education for the past 60 years (DH, 2011). It is defined as:.
Advanced nursing practice has been in existence internationally for over 50 years, with the USA spearheading developments in the 1960s (Begley et al, 2010). Many countries subsequently followed suit,...
The discussion below is based on the findings of a mixed-methods systematic literature review (Table 1), using the STARLITE (sampling strategy, type of study, approaches, range of years, limits,...