title: The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse in the Academic Setting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore how advanced practice nurses implement practice change in academic medical centers to support optimal patient and staff outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Published peer reviewed literature, web-based resources, and professional society materials.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cancer care is rapidly evolving and advanced practice nurses can shape the future of how care is delivered as well as the setting it is delivered in.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Advanced practice oncology nurses (Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists) have an opportunity to significantly shape the patient experience by implementing programmatic changes across the continuum of care by engaging stakeholders in project design. Knowledge of change management and implementation science is critical to success.
authors.forename: Tracy K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Gosselin
authors.forename: Kerri A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Dalton
authors.forename: Kara
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Penne
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008297:Male; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000458:organization & administration; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010380:Peer Review; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Advanced practice nurse; change management; clinical nurse specialist; nurse practitioner; nurse practitioner (NP) clinics