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Stepping into new territory, nurse practitioner to academic, a place of no return or a place to advance nursing?
outcomes and can be frustrating and restricting to the clinician. This presentation identifies some of the challenges experienced to collaborative care in private practice, identifies how they can impact on the NP role and how they have been overcome to improve NP service outcomes. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2017.05.064 Private practice part 1, setting up and starting a new business Ms Stephanie Dowden1 1 Nurseprac Australia Pty Ltd Abstract: Nurse Practitioners are experts in clinical care, but most are novices when it comes to business, marketing, financial management and working outside mainstream healthcare settings. However, these skills are essential for nurse practitioners who want to grow, innovate and work in independent practice. Within current nurse practitioner degrees there is little focus on business studies. As a result, individual nurse practitioners have to try and work things out for themselves or seek out peers with experience. The author will share the first 12 months of embarking on independent practice, including the highs, lows and unexpected outcomes that happened in the process. Take home messages: Nurse practitioners desiring to set up in business need to use the determination that got them through their studies and apply this to their new direction. Nurse practitioner skills such as networking, problem solving, finding work-arounds, persistence, high level communication, leadership, self-confidence are all highly benefical when applied to a business model. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2017.05.065 Stepping into new territory, nurse practitioner to academic, a place of no return or a place to advance nursing? Dr Melissa Robinson-reilly1 1 University Of Newcastle Abstract: Stepping into new territory, Nurse Practitioner to Academic, a place of no return or a place to advance nursing? Aim: To discuss the transforming experience from clinician to academic at a personal level, and present the impact in maintaining a clinical role. e344
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - JNP
Background: Opportunities for nurses as clinicians are continuing to evolve from registered nurse to advanced practice nurse and nurse practitioner. A consequence of evolving, the role of the Nurse Practitioner is integrating into the domain of academia. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council, ANMAC, released revised Nurse Practitioner Accreditation Standards in 2015, which will change the face of postgraduate Nurse Practitioner programs within universities. It is a requirement that at least one endorsed nurse practitioner is a member of academic staff that teaches into the nurse practitioner program and as part of this role contributes to curriculum design and development (ANMAC 2015). Key points: This paper presents a personal reflection on the barriers and enablers of moving from a clinical role to an academic role. The new world of convening two university programs, Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) and Master of Mental Health Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) and the requirement to maintain an active nurse practitioner role. It also highlights the depth of knowledge required to attain re-accreditation of these programs ensuring students attain clinical competency demonstrated through utilising e-portfolios. Findings and take home message: The literature is replete with undergraduate and postgraduate student experience, though for the experience of a nurse practitioner in an academic role poses different challenges. Quintessentially, to draw on the resourcefulness of the NP to provide an integrated and blended learning environment to advance nursing student experience within the NP programs. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2017.05.066 The Development and Breadth of the Older Persons Nurse Practitioner in Victoria 2010-2017 Miss Lisa Dick1, Ms Deanne Burge2, Mr Mark Murray3, Mr David Nielson4, Mr Robert Gresham5 1 Mercy Health, 2Northeast Health, 3Western Health, 4Albury Wodonga Health, 5Bass Coast Health Abstract: Objective: The first Victorian Older Persons Nurse Practitioner was endorsed in 2010, the same year that the Victorian Nurse Practitioner Program began to target funding for aged care model development activities. What followed was a period of rapid growth leading to the formation of the Victorian Older Persons Collaborative group in October 2012. The aim of this descriptive study was to investigate and describe the growth of OPNP’s in Victoria including Volume 13, Issue 7, July/August 2017
The Journal for Nurse Practitioners - JNP
Background: Opportunities for nurses as clinicians are continuing to evolve from registered nurse to advanced practice nurse and nurse practitioner. A consequence of evolving, the role of the Nurse Practitioner is integrating into the domain of academia. The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council, ANMAC, released revised Nurse Practitioner Accreditation Standards in 2015, which will change the face of postgraduate Nurse Practitioner programs within universities. It is a requirement that at least one endorsed nurse practitioner is a member of academic staff that teaches into the nurse practitioner program and as part of this role contributes to curriculum design and development (ANMAC 2015). Key points: This paper presents a personal reflection on the barriers and enablers of moving from a clinical role to an academic role. The new world of convening two university programs, Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) and Master of Mental Health Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) and the requirement to maintain an active nurse practitioner role. It also highlights the depth of knowledge required to attain re-accreditation of these programs ensuring students attain clinical competency demonstrated through utilising e-portfolios. Findings and take home message: The literature is replete with undergraduate and postgraduate student experience, though for the experience of a nurse practitioner in an academic role poses different challenges. Quintessentially, to draw on the resourcefulness of the NP to provide an integrated and blended learning environment to advance nursing student experience within the NP programs. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2017.05.066 The Development and Breadth of the Older Persons Nurse Practitioner in Victoria 2010-2017 Miss Lisa Dick1, Ms Deanne Burge2, Mr Mark Murray3, Mr David Nielson4, Mr Robert Gresham5 1 Mercy Health, 2Northeast Health, 3Western Health, 4Albury Wodonga Health, 5Bass Coast Health Abstract: Objective: The first Victorian Older Persons Nurse Practitioner was endorsed in 2010, the same year that the Victorian Nurse Practitioner Program began to target funding for aged care model development activities. What followed was a period of rapid growth leading to the formation of the Victorian Older Persons Collaborative group in October 2012. The aim of this descriptive study was to investigate and describe the growth of OPNP’s in Victoria including Volume 13, Issue 7, July/August 2017