PMID- 19125890
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090501
LR  - 20090107
IS  - 1745-7599 (Electronic)
IS  - 1041-2972 (Linking)
VI  - 21
IP  - 1
DP  - 2009 Jan
TI  - Reconceptualizing the core of nurse practitioner education and practice.
PG  - 11-7
LID - 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00365.x [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: The movement to the doctor of nursing practice (DNP) is progressing 
      rapidly with new programs emerging and curricular documents being developed. We 
      argue that the implementation of the DNP is a good move for nursing, provided 
      that we use the opportunity to reconceptualize the core of advanced practice 
      nursing, especially nurse practitioner (NP) practice. DATA SOURCES: Theory and 
      research articles from nursing focused on advanced practice nursing, NPs, and 
      doctoral education. CONCLUSIONS: The foundation of NP education is currently 
      based essentially on borrowed or shared content in assessment, pharmacology, and 
      pathophysiology. We argue that the heart and soul of nursing is in health 
      promotion, both in healthy persons and in those dealing with chronic illness. 
      Current master's programs do not prepare NPs to assume high-level practice 
      focused on health promotion and disease management using the latest theoretical 
      developments in health behavior change, behavioral sciences, exercise physiology, 
      nutrition, and medical anthropology. Although these are touched upon in most NP 
      programs, they do not represent the core science of NP education and need to be a 
      critical part of any DNP program. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: Ultimately, our 
      vision is for NP care to be consistently "different," yet just as essential as 
      physician care, leading to positive outcomes in health promotion and disease 
      management.
FAU - Burman, Mary E
AU  - Burman ME
AD  - Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, USA. 
      mburman@uwyo.edu
FAU - Hart, Ann Marie
AU  - Hart AM
FAU - Conley, Virginia
AU  - Conley V
FAU - Brown, Julie
AU  - Brown J
FAU - Sherard, Pat
AU  - Sherard P
FAU - Clarke, Pamela N
AU  - Clarke PN
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - J Am Acad Nurse Pract
JT  - Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
JID - 8916634
MH  - Curriculum
MH  - Disease Management
MH  - Education, Nursing, Graduate/*organization & administration
MH  - Health Promotion/*organization & administration
MH  - Holistic Health
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Models, Educational
MH  - *Models, Nursing
MH  - Needs Assessment
MH  - *Nurse Practitioners/education/organization & administration
MH  - *Nurse's Role
MH  - Nursing Research
MH  - Organizational Innovation
MH  - Patient Participation
MH  - Philosophy, Nursing
MH  - Primary Health Care/organization & administration
MH  - Primary Prevention/organization & administration
MH  - Professional Competence
MH  - Self Care
MH  - United States
RF  - 52
EDAT- 2009/01/08 09:00
MHDA- 2009/05/02 09:00
CRDT- 2009/01/08 09:00
PHST- 2009/01/08 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/01/08 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/05/02 09:00 [medline]
AID - JAAN365 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00365.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Am Acad Nurse Pract. 2009 Jan;21(1):11-7. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1745-7599.2008.00365.x.