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The role of assistant practitioner for children and young people

27 October 2012

Nursing Management

Feature

Research in the adult health sector shows that the assistant practitioner (AP) role, at band 4 (Skills for Health Expert Paper 2011), has been a useful addition to...

Supporting assistant practitioners during their training

Nursing Standard

evidence & practice

Assistant practitioners, also known as associate practitioners, provide support to the registered healthcare workforce, practising with advanced knowledge and...

Developing the nurse’s role in the care of older people

01 June 2006

Nursing Older People

Care

A new model of care is being introduced at Wharfedale Hospital, Leeds. The ‘Whafedale model’ allows suitably trained nurses to assess, diagnose and deliver care to...

The role of the laparoscopic nurse practitioner

22 July 1998

Nursing Standard

Clinical

In May 1995 the author was appointed as the first laparoscopic nurse practitioner (NP) in the UK. The role was to provide a seamless service for patients undergoing...

Advanced nursing practice in intermediate care

11 April 2001

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Initiatives in intermediate care are mainly nurse-led and, as nursing practice becomes more advanced, nurses need to consider the professional, ethical and legal...

A review of the merits of the nurse practitioner role

10 January 2007

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Over the past two decades, nurses have begun to undertake tasks and assume responsibilities traditionally associated with medicine. This has led to debate,...

Enhancing care: developing the assistant practitioner role

10 March 2010

Cancer Nursing Practice

Feature

This article describes the introduction of assistant practitioners to a chemotherapy day unit. The rationale, remit and potential benefits of the role as part of the...

The nurse practitioner’s role in day case pre-operative assessment

07 August 2002

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article discusses the benefits of developing a nurse practitioner role in day case surgery through an appropriate education programme and a multidisciplinary...

Advanced nursing practice in paediatric critical care

01 February 2008

Paediatric Nursing

General

Following the successful implementation of High Dependency Care: a model for development at King’s College hospital in 2005, the authors wished to consider the...

Advanced practitioners in emergency care: a literature review

13 July 2017

Emergency Nurse

Evidence & practice

There has been an expansion of advanced practitioner roles, such as advanced clinical practitioners, in emergency departments (EDs) in recent years, with the...