Advanced Clinical Practice in Healthcare

This book outlines the key components of advanced clinical practice, with new and expanded practice elements added to this fully updated second edition. It discusses vital issues for providing effective evidence-based healthcare, emphasising the role that advanced practice has to play in contemporary healthcare provision.

Throughout the book, new ways of thinking and implementing changes in relation to practice, education and research are described. Divided into three sections with the addition of a newly revised introduction and a review of the evolution of advanced practice, this book covers:

• The provision of guidance on the development and implementation of clinical skills, including consultation, clinical decision making, holistic care and the role of care planning in advanced practice.

• The explanation of management skills and how to manage in this changing healthcare environment. It also explains how to negotiate and monitor the complexities of the present and changing healthcare system to ensure delivery of quality patient care.

• The clarification of the professional role of the advanced practice clinician and how implementation of the role can influence and improve the delivery of patient care.

Case studies and activities that assist in the development, implementation and extension of advanced practice are included in each chapter.

This book is particularly relevant to advanced practice clinicians including nurses, midwives and allied health professionals practicing within primary and secondary care. It is designed for those who wish to further advance their practice, to clarify their roles within the context of advanced practice, and to prepare for future roles that will have significant implications for patient care delivery, improved patient outcomes and patient satisfaction.