title: On the night shift: advanced nurse practice in emergency medicine.
abstract: Advanced nurse practitioners in the author's emergency department (ED) work autonomously and as part of a team to assess, diagnose and treat patients with unexplained and undiagnosed illnesses and injuries over a 24-hour cycle of care. The complexity of the role in EDs is often not fully understood, and expectations can vary between trusts and between different clinical areas within trusts. This article describes one night shift in the author's ED to explain the complexity of advanced nurse practitioners' roles in this environment. The article focuses on autonomous decision-making skills and the use of advanced clinical skills in the context of evidence-based practice.
authors.affiliation: Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust emergency department.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jenkins
mesh_terms: D057179:Advanced Practice Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009551:Night Care / Q000592:standards*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
keywords: advanced nurse practitioner; advanced practice; emergency department; emergency medicine