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Advanced neonatal nurse practitioners in the United Kingdom: where are they and what do they do?
Author(s) -
Dillon Ann,
George Steve
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.1997025257.x
Subject(s) - nursing , grading (engineering) , neonatal nursing , nurse practitioners , medicine , health care , family medicine , psychology , pediatrics , political science , neonatal intensive care unit , civil engineering , law , engineering
The former Wessex region was the first in England to institute an advanced neonatal nurse practitioner (ANNP) course had completed the course. The role has been developed over several years in the North American health care system, where it has been shown that ANNPs have the ability to perform as competently and efficiently as junior doctors. It is a major development both in neonatal care and nursing. Following a review of the literature on ANNPs, this paper details the distribution of ANNPs in the UK, and reports on a survey undertaken by the authors, which examined the function, clinical grading and source of funding of ANNPs, as well as examining the ANNPs' view of their role and challenges they have encountered.