The role of the clinical nurse specialist/neonatal nurse practitioner in a breastfeeding clinic: a model of advanced practice.
A commitment to quality health care requires the development of innovative models of care. An example of such a model is the Clinical Nurse Specialist/Neonatal Nurse Practitioner in the role as consultant to Lactation Consultants in a large breastfeeding clinic. The role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist/Neonatal Nurse Practitioner in this ambulatory setting encompasses all the dimensions of the advanced practice model including research, leadership, education, and clinical practice. The evolution of this model of care is described. A conceptual framework of this advanced practice model is presented, supported by examples of the role in the clinic.
Gibbins
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada.
Green
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PE
Scott
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MacDonell
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D000328:Adult; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017146:Models, Organizational; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*