Nurse Practitioners

Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RNC, FAAN, is Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Practice & University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.Diane ONeil McGivern, RN, PhD, FAAN, is Regeant Emerita, New York State Legislature; Professor, Division of Nursing, NYU, and first recipient of the Erline Perkins McGriff Professor of Nursing Chair, also at NYU.Julie A. Fairman, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Chair, Graduate Faculty of the School of Nursing, Director of the Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, and sits on the University of Pennsylvania's Council of Chairs of the Graduate Faculty.Sherry A. Greenberg, PhD, RN, GNP-BC, FGSA is a Courtesy-Appointed Associate Professor at New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing.

• Part I: Historical and Current Social Context 1. Historic and Historical Opportunities: Nurse Practitioners and the Opportunities of Health ReformJulie A. Fairman 2. Evolution of Advanced Practice: "Coming to Terms" with Nurse Practitioner Definitions and DescriptionsDiane O. McGivern 3. Current Status of Advanced Practice Nurses in the U. S. & Throughout the GlobeEileen M. Sullivan-Marx 4. Consumer Role for Nurse Practitioner Care: Center to Champion Nursing in AmericaBrenda L. Cleary, Susan C. Reinhard, Eileen M. Sullivan Marx, & Diane O. McGivern 5. Public Relations Strategies for Nurse PractitionersJoy McIntyre Part II: Research Supporting Nurse Practitioners and their Practice 6. Research in Support of Nurse PractitionersFrances Hughes, Sean Clarke, Deborah A. Sampson, Julie A. Fairman, & Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx 7. Long-Term Outcomes of Advanced Practice NursingSusan Groth, Lisa Norsen, and Harriet J. Kitzman Part III: Regulatory and Policy Environments 8. State Health Care Reform: The Role of Nurse Practitioners in MassachusettsNancy O'Rourke 9. Consensus Model for Advanced Practice Nurse Regulation: A New ApproachJean Johnson, Ellen Dawson, and Andrea Brassard 10. Politics of Organized Opposition: A Case ExampleThomas A. Mackey and Lynda Woolbert 11. The Idiosyncratic Politics of Prescriptive Authority: Comparing two states' legislative negotiationsDeborah Sampson Part IV: Integration of Nurse Practitioners in the Health Care Environment 12. Environmental Factors Shaping Advanced PracticeDiane O. McGivern 13. Nurse-Managed Health CentersEunice King and Tine Hansen-Turton 14. The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and the Child with Type 1 Diabetes: Partnership and CollaborationTerri H. Lipman 15. Adult Health and Gerontology Nurse Practitioner CareMelissa A. Taylor and Christine Bradway 16. Nurse Practitioner Contributions to HIV CareCarl Kirton 17. Roles of Nurse Practitioners in the U.S. Department of Veterans AffairsKaren R. Robinson 18. Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice NursingConnie M. Ulrich and Mindy B. Zeitzer Part V: Business and Payment Structures for Nurse Practitioners 19. Business, Policy, & Politics: Success Factors for Nurse Practitioner PracticeEileen M. Sullivan Marx 20. Systems of Payment for Advanced Practice NursesEileen M. Sullivan Marx and David Keepnews 21. Nurse Practitioners Navigating Managed CareElizabeth Miller 22. Community-Based Health Centers: Nurse Practitioners Contributing to AccessAnn Ritter 23. Quality and Safety: Critical Components of a Nurse Practitioner Business ModelKathryn Fiandt and Joanne M. Pohl Part VI: Global Health and Future Challenges 24. Global Health and Future ChallengesHelen Ward 25. The Evolution and Future of Nurse Practitioners in New ZealandTine Hansen-Turton and Frances Hughes 26. Advanced Practice Nursing in IrelandKathleen Mac Lellan 27. One Look at the FutureDiane O. McGivern, Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, Julie A. Fairman 28. Online ResourcesSherry A. Greenberg