Acute care nurse practitioner curriculum: content and development process.
Curriculum development for preparation of acute care nurse practitioners requires a comprehensive process. To develop a program for their preparation at a large university, the faculty examined needs of the target patient population and care delivery system; scope of acute care nurse practitioner practice; current guidelines for the education of primary care nurse practitioners; evolving guidelines for the didactic and clinical education of acute care nurse practitioners; educational requirements of governing or licensing and certifying bodies; and placement of this new role within the existing healthcare team structure. A curriculum was then developed using a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach.
Hravnak
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M
University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pa, USA.
Kobert
S N
SN
Risco
K G
KG
Baldisseri
M
M
Hoffman
L A
LA
Clochesy
J M
JM
Rudy
E B
EB
Snyder
J V
JV
D000208:Acute Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D002568:Certification; D015897:Comorbidity; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education*; D011231:Preceptorship