Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit 1: The evolution of advanced practice -- Advanced practice nursing: doing what has to be done -- Emerging roles of the advanced practice nurse -- Role development: a theoretical perspective -- Educational preparation of advanced practice nurses: looking to the future -- Global perspectives on advanced nursing practice -- Unit 2: The practice environment -- Advanced practice nurses and prescriptive authority -- Credentialing and clinical privileges for the advanced practice registered nurse -- The kaleidoscope of collaborative practice -- Participation of the advanced practice nurse in health plans and quality initiatives -- Public policy and the advanced practice registered nurse -- Resource management -- Mediated roles: working with and through other people -- Unit 3: Competency in advanced practice -- Evidence-based practice -- Advocacy and the advanced practice registered nurse -- Case management and advanced practice nursing -- The advanced practice nurse and research -- The advanced practice nurse: holism and complementary and integrative health approaches -- Basic skills for teaching and the advanced practice registered nurse -- Culture as a variable in practice -- Conflict resolution in advanced practice nursing -- Leadership for APNs: if not now, when? -- Information technology and the advanced practice nurse -- Writing for publication -- Unit 4: Ethical, legal, and business acumen -- Measuring advanced practice nurse performance: outcome indicators, models of evaluation, and the issue of value -- Advanced practice registered nurses: accomplishments, trends, and future development -- Starting a practice and practice management -- The advanced practice nurse as employee or independent contractor: legal and contractual considerations -- The law, the courts, and the advanced practice registered nurse -- Malpractice and the advanced practice nurse -- Ethics and the advanced practice nurse.