Open AccessCost-effectiveness of a WOC Advanced Practice Nurse in the Acute Care and Outpatient Setting
Author(s) -
Jenny A. Medley
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing/journal of wocn
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.635
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1528-3976
pISSN - 1071-5754
DOI - 10.1097/won.0000000000000039
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , certification , specialty , clinical practice , nursing , medicine , registered nurse , nurse practitioners , acute care , practice nurse , private practice , family medicine , health care , primary care , political science , sociology , social science , law
Increasing numbers of advanced practice nurses who practice within the WOC specialty are challenged by the need to justify their role by demonstrating clinical and fiscal benefits to the employing agency. This View From Here column describes the steps I took while completing such an analysis for a position for a nurse practitioner with WOC certification in upstate New York.