Positioning advanced practice nurses for financial success in clinical practice.
Advanced practice nurses (APNs) are well prepared for patient care, but not for the financial aspects of clinical practice. A lack of reimbursement knowledge and skills limits the prospects for APNs to be key players in business and practice ventures. Faculty are challenged to strengthen the advanced practice reimbursement component of the financial management core to promote the reimbursement competency of APNs. The author discusses 4 primary content categories that are critical to financial success in clinical practice.
Kennerly
Susan
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College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0038, USA. susan.kennerly@uc.edu
D039702:Current Procedural Terminology; D003479:Curriculum; D004282:Documentation; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005376:Financial Management / Q000191:economics*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D020399:Practice Management / Q000191:economics*; D011361:Professional Competence; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms / Q000458:organization & administration