1.2.2 NP Practice Conceptual Model

The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) developed a NP Practice Conceptual Model through literature review & consultations^[1].  The core of this framework is health, the outcome of practice. Components arising from the core include:

Discipline

• Foundation of practice including body of knowledge & nursing self-regulation processes
• Include focus from narrow to broad

Context

• Practice setting
• Includes macro to multi-system

Nurse Practitioner

• Includes novice to expert range

Patient/client

• Collaborator & recipient of care
• Includes individual to communities

Inquiry and evidence based practice support the core components.

Society, evidence-based practice & Canadian health care system encompass the entire model.

Recommended Reading:  Canadian Nurses Association. (2006). Practice framework for nurse practitioners in Canada.  Practice Framework