Successful Advanced Practice Nurse Role Transition: A Structured Process to Developing Professional Identity Through Role Transition

ISBN-13: 9783030530013 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Maria Kidner

O autorze

Dr. Kidner is the founder and CEO of LEAP Leadership, LLC, a company that provides education and mentorship to nurses in order to strengthen their professional identity and leadership skills. She has 33 years of clinical experience as a nurse, 19 of these years as a nurse practitioner (NP). Her clinical work includes the initiation of the NP role in remote critical care access, where she launched the opening of a hospital facility’s Emergency Room (ER).  Recognizing the importance of ER and trauma training, Dr, Kidner was the first NP to take an Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course in Wyoming, USA. She was soon part of the training team. She went on to a position as an NP in a cardiology specialty practice in a hospital, again the first NP in this position.

Following completion of her doctorate of nursing practice (DNP), Dr Kidner lobbied for title protection for NPs in her state. In addition, she has been an active member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) in a leadership role since 2008. As an NP leader she has worked on legislative, policy, and community education for promotion of the NP role. Dr. Kidner speaks locally, nationally and internationally on diverse nursing topics from her clinical experiences in labor and delivery, ER, cardiology in addition to her expertise on nursing leadership and empowerment. In addition to her extensive clinical experience, she has taught nursing in Guyana, Vietnam, Rwanda and the USA at Duke University.

Blurb

This book starts by discussing the APN role and the roles of the APN nurses in specific countries and around the globe. It then analyzes the concept of role transition to provide a basis for exploring and developing professional identity, and describes the APN roles of educator, communicator, advocate, mentor, team member and leader to facilitate role transition and professional identity formation. The transition from registered nurse to advanced practice nurse is typically a dramatic life event. Providing insights into role transition, role ethics, and developing a professional identity, the book encourages readers to explore issues that help ensure that the transition is successful.

This unique book allows readers to gain the skills to help them negotiate role transition through the development of their professional identity. It describes precise steps for developing personal values, visions, and mission and goal statements; communication skills to enhance authority, accountability, and responsibility of all parties; team-working skills to improve outcomes; and processes for self-understanding.

This book is intended for students in APN programs, new graduates, nurses changing roles where there is role transition confusion, and APNs seeking to understand their professional identity and /or gain insights into the multiple roles of the APN.