Advanced nursing practice in renal medicine.
Renal Nursing presents many challenges for nurses seeking to work at advanced level. The ever-changing political climate and increasing service demands make it vital for nurses to grasp the opportunities that advanced practice offers. Theorists have suggested that the over-specialisation of nursing could lead to a fragmented nursing service and an undervaluing of the registered nurse. September 1999 saw the appointment of two such Advanced Nurse Practitioners within the renal unit. This article takes a personal look at the implementation of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner service over the first 12 months and suggests that such a role does have a lot to offer particularly in a renal setting.
Casey
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Renal Unit, Arrowe Park Hospital, Merseyside, UK. jon@gizmo24.freeserve.co.uk
D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D017582:Renal Replacement Therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D012380:Role; D006113:United Kingdom