Module 1: Introduction & Overview of NP Role in LTC
1.6 APN Practice Framework
Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) includes nurses with both clinical expertise and graduate education preparation, including clinical nurse specialists (CNS) & nurse practitioners (NPs).
The Pan-Canadian APN Framework consists of 8 practice domains that include:
- Direct Comprehensive Care
- Education
- Research
- Leadership
- Consultation & Collaboration
- Optimizing Health System
- Unique Competencies
- Continuing Competence[1]
Optional Reading: Advanced Practice Nursing: A Pan-Canadian Framework: 2_1136 Advanced Practice Nursing framework EN.indd (apn-ch.ch)
- Canadian Nurses Association, 2019 ↵