Outcome Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826125824 ISBN 13: 9780826125828

Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc, 2009

Synopsis

"Outcome Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing" is the only book to focus exclusively on outcome assessment in advanced practice nursing (APN). This unique collection contains the combined insight of nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists, and nurse midwives.This updated and revised edition provides discussions and analyses of changes in the field, the latest studies and statistics, innovative methods for assessing outcomes, and new outcomes that are APN focused. The new edition also dedicates an entire chapter to instruments for outcomes assessment and how to locate instruments and tools for assessment. Clinical practitioners and graduate nurse educators will find this book an invaluable resource, now and to come.This book presents comprehensive review of current research topics on outcomes assessment. It includes detailed figures, tables, and examples of outcome studies from actual research in APN practice. It is excellent for use in graduate APN education. It is a useful reference for practicing clinicians. It is written by leaders in outcomes assessment for APNs.

About this title

About the Author:

Ruth M. Kleinpell, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FCCM, is currently the director of the Center for Clinical Research and Scholarship at Rush University Medical Center and a professor at Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago, Illinois. She maintains active practice as an acute care nurse practitioner and serves as a visiting professor at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, assisting with clinical scholarship and research initiatives. She received her diploma in nursing from Lutheran Medical Center School of Nursing, Cleveland, Ohio, and her baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees in nursing from the University of Illinois College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois. She received her acute care nurse practitioner certification at Rush University College of Nursing. Dr. Kleinpell is known for her work on outcome research and has presented and published in the areas of assessing outcomes of advanced practice nursing, outcome research, and other areas of nursing practice. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the Institute of Medicine of Chicago, and the American College of Critical Care Medicine. Her research and contributions have been recognized with a Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Award, an American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Flame of Excellence Award, a National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties Research Award, and a Society of Critical Care Medicine Norma Shoemaker Award for Critical Care Nursing Excellence, among others.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0826125824
• ISBN 13: 9780826125828
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Kleinpell Ruth