Exploring new roles for advanced nursing practice : Examen des nouveaux rôles en pratique infirmière avancée : document de discussion

The purpose of this paper is four-fold: to review the literature to identify new and emerging ANP roles within and outside Canada; to identify potential impacts and benefits of these new and emerging roles to nursing and to the public; to identify opportunities and challenges in implementing new ANP roles; and to provide a framework for discussion and consultation on the feasibility and desirabili [...] The Association vision is to advance the quality of nursing in the interest of the public. [...] ANP is an umbrella term used to describe an advanced level of nursing practice that maximizes the use of in-depth nursing knowledge and skill in meeting the health needs of clients.2 The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) has developed a national framework for ANP that is intended to guide the ongoing development of ANP in Canada and to provide a national coordinated approach to ANP across the coun [...] The Canadian Nurses Association, for example, is currently engaged in a national project, funded by Health Canada’s Primary Health Care Transition Fund to develop mechanisms and processes to support the implementation of the role of the NP in primary health care across Canada (CNA, 2003d) and CNA has taken the position that a formal graduate degree in nursing is the most effective means of acquiri [...] The United States is the country with the most well developed advanced practice roles and the greatest degree of consensus on the nature and scope of advanced practice.