NURS 2420U Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Clinical Nurse Specialist, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner
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Many titles: advanced practice nurse, clinical practice leader, clinical nurse specialist, clinical. Four main competencies listed by cna: clinical, research, leadership, consultation & collaboration. Includes nurse practitioners rn extended class rn(ec) : primary health care, acute care adult, acute care pediatric, anesthesia (still in infancy in canada, widely popular in us) Slide #5 what kind of research guides nursing practice? . They may be valid and reliable but do not represent nursing knowledge and should not be used to guide nursing practice. We must not solely rely on other disciplines for our nursing knowledge and strive to have our skills as nurses continue to stand out. Leads to a change in perspective, values, assumptions, and beliefs. Subsequently leads to further change in the way a person views him/herself; how we situate ourselves in our personal and professional world; how we see the context of our relationships.
