Starting Somewhere: Advanced Practice Nursing in Canada

Sarah A. Balcom

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Abstract: Many countries are capitalizing on nurses with advanced degrees or practice experience to increase patients' access to healthcare. In Canada, there are two advanced practice nursing roles - nurse practitioners (NPs) and clinical nurse specialists (CNS). While both NPs and CNSs are knowledgeable nursing leaders who make important contributions to the healthcare system, only NPs have a protected title and are separately licensed from registered nurses (RNs). In this chapter, the author explores how entry-level-competencies (ELCs) are essential to the separate licensure of NPs. The author also argues how ELCs may increase NPs' role recognition and effective use in the Canadian healthcare system.

Keywords: nurse practitioners; clinical nurse specialists; registered nurses; nursing education; teaching and assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.110245

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