{"title":"Advanced nursing practice in renal medicine.","authors":"J. Casey","doi":"10.1111/J.1755-6686.2001.TB00141.X","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Renal Nursing presents many challenges for nurses seeking to work at advanced level. The ever-changing political climate and increasing service demands make it vital for nurses to grasp the opportunities that advanced practice offers. Theorists have suggested that the over-specialisation of nursing could lead to a fragmented nursing service and an undervaluing of the registered nurse. September 1999 saw the appointment of two such Advanced Nurse Practitioners within the renal unit. This article takes a personal look at the implementation of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner service over the first 12 months and suggests that such a role does have a lot to offer particularly in a renal setting.","PeriodicalId":79589,"journal":{"name":"EDTNA/ERCA journal (English ed.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2001-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"EDTNA/ERCA journal (English ed.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1755-6686.2001.TB00141.X","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Renal Nursing presents many challenges for nurses seeking to work at advanced level. The ever-changing political climate and increasing service demands make it vital for nurses to grasp the opportunities that advanced practice offers. Theorists have suggested that the over-specialisation of nursing could lead to a fragmented nursing service and an undervaluing of the registered nurse. September 1999 saw the appointment of two such Advanced Nurse Practitioners within the renal unit. This article takes a personal look at the implementation of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner service over the first 12 months and suggests that such a role does have a lot to offer particularly in a renal setting.