578 ■ INDEXadvanced practice registered nurses (APRNs),
3 , 10 , 17 , 25 , 88 , 113 , 121 , 141 , 143 , 229 ,
288 , 502
behavior, 101
case study, 122 – 127
challenges, 105
characteristics, 89 – 90
and CNS practitioners, 109
consensus model, 89 – 90 , 479 – 480 , 481 , 486
critical thinking questions, 95
current and future outcomes, 93
DNP- prepared, 114 , 121 , 128 – 129
education, regulation, and practice, 88 – 89
LACE, 89
master’s- prepared versus doctorally
prepared, 470 – 472
MSN- prepared, 115 , 121
MSN versus DNP, 485 – 487 , 489 – 490 , 500
organizations, 26
outcomes, 115
practice outcomes, 92 – 93
roles, 24 , 101 , 115 , 141 – 142
terminal degree for clinicians, 113
uniqueness, 90 – 92
advocacy, 103 , 542 , 543
affiliation agreements, 290 – 291
affordable care, 206
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
(AHRQ), 204 , 206 , 210
inpatient quality indicators, 208
patient safety indicators, 208
quality improvement process, 207
website, 349
Air Force, nurse- midwifery program
started by, 82
ambient intelligence, 335
American Academy of Family Physicians, 542
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
(AANP), 26 , 329 , 417
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Certification Board, 86
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP),
87 , 417, 542
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
(AACN), 3 – 4 , 9 , 13 , 20 , 24 , 25 , 28 , 114 , 141 ,
143 , 161 , 181 , 183 , 219 , 242 , 257 , 285 , 324 ,
328 – 329 , 371 , 378 , 394 , 416 , 417 , 420 , 422 ,
473 , 480 , 500 , 502 , 507 , 517 , 522
2015 position, 29 – 33
advanced nursing practice, 116 – 120 , 144
APN, 28
APRN organizations, 26
clinical executive, 24 , 25 , 162
doctoral education, 116 – 120 , 162 – 163
doctorates in the health professions, 29early developmental work on DNP
degree, 26 – 29
Essentials, 116 – 120 , 148 , 150 , 152 , 162 – 163
hybrid degree, 31
and NONPF, 27
nursing issues, 18
position statement document, 25
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists
(AANA), 26 , 142 , 329 , 523
American Association of Nurse Practitioners
(AANP), 417 , 472
American Board of Comprehensive Care
(ABCC), 467 , 477 , 479 , 480
American College of Nurse- Midwives
(ACNM), 26 , 81 , 82 , 330 , 469
American College of Nurse Practitioners
(ACNP), 26 , 472 , 473
American College of Physicians (ACP), 87 ,
104 , 105 , 542
American Medical Association (AMA), 66 , 87 ,
101 – 102 , 104 – 105 , 328 , 472 , 557
American Nurse Credentialing Center
(ANCC), 468
American Nurses Association (ANA), 3 , 18 , 56 ,
81 , 422 , 468
American Nurses Credentialing Center
(ANCC), 86 , 350 , 560
American Organization of Nurse Executives
(AONE), 162 , 329 , 422 , 530
nurse executive competencies, 171 – 172
American Osteopathic Association, 542
anesthesia care team (ACT), 83 , 84
anesthesia delivery, 83
APRN Clinical Training Task Force, 530
APRNs. See advanced practice
registered nurses
artificial intelligence, affective computing,
robotics, 335
associate degree (AD), 68
versus BSN, 15- level nurses, 56
Association of Faculties of Pediatric Nurse
Practitioners (AFPNP), 473
Association of Social Work Boards
(ASWB), 102
Atlas, 328
augmented reality technology, 342
bachelor of science in nursing (BSN), 10 , 21 ,
56 , 147 , 286 , 287 , 477
to DNP, 16 , 17 , 39 , 87 , 242 , 536 , 555 , 564
to PhD, 32
for professional nursing, 22
behavior under stress, awareness of, 304
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