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Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: An Advanced Practice Role for RN First Assistants
Author(s) -
Schroeder Janice L.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2007.07.025
Subject(s) - nursing , acute care , specialty , medicine , advanced practice nurses , practice nurse , advanced practice nursing , nurse practitioners , family medicine , primary care , health care , political science , law
ACUTE CARE NURSE PRACTITIONERS (ACNPs) are advanced practice RNs who are educationally prepared to provide advanced nursing care to patients with complex acute, critical, and chronic illness. THE EDUCATION of advanced practice nurses should prepare them for the setting in which they practice; ACNPs are well prepared for hospital and specialty practice, particularly if they have experience as RN first assistants (RNFAs). THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES a brief overview of the ACNP opportunity for RNFAs and the importance of additional training for ACNPs without OR experience who may be first assisting. AORN J 87 (June 2008) 1205‐1215. © AORN, Inc, 2008.