Meet the best team 2018!
A new concept within NHS Grampian, the Advanced Care Academy was created to educate and support trainee and developing Advanced Care Practitioners (ACPs). Nurse Consultants Karen Kindness and Alison Moggach employed Academy ANP Fellows to provide expert clinical supervision to trainee ANPs while maintaining service delivery. Within the past year they have supported development of advanced practice roles across a range of platforms of care with focus on maintaining service within GP practice and developing new roles within acute services (cohort illustrated). Other initiatives include: Prehospital emergency care Advancing the role of the District Nurses Forensic Nursing Peer support via social networks
New learning content from NES
Turas Learn is NHS Education for Scotland's platform for learning and support resources. It provides NHS Scotland health and social care staff with access to learning and practice support resources produced by NHS Education for Scotland. Sign-in or register for access to content like 'developing and maintaining your clinical skills in practice' module which helps you identify and access support to develop your clinical skills across the four pillars of advanced practice. https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Advanced practice resources
NHS GG&C have an excellent website dedicated to advanced practice -http://www.nhsggc.org.uk/about-us/professional-support-sites/nurses-midwives/advanced-nurse-practitioners/ Some of the information is specifically local to them, but much of the content is transferable and might be of interest to ANPs and managers alike. For example, their newsletter gives a really nice rundown of recent advanced practice developments!! NHS GGC Advanced practice newsletter april 2017
ANP experiences in substance use disorder and chronic pain
Insightful article discussing barriers to chronic pain management and substance use disorder (SUD) in the community: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/869290_1
New research: nurse practitioners offer same or better care than physicians
Please see link to exciting new research. This cross-sectional retrospective study has shown that nurse practitioners offer the same or better care than physicians for diabetic patients: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/868645
Providing a navigable route for acute medicine nurses to advance their practice: a framework of ascending levels of practice
Acute Med. 2016;15(2):98-103. Lees-Deutsch L1, Christian J2, Setchfield I3. Abstract This article conveys concerns raised by delegates at the International SAM Conference (Manchester, 2015) regarding how to advance nursing practice in acute medicine. It endeavors to capture the essence of 'how to advance practice' and 'how to integrate advanced practice' within the workforce structures of an acute medicine unit (AMU). It addresses the production of tacit knowledge and the recognition and integration of this to developing the nursing workforce. The current context of NHS efficiencies and recruitment issues emphasize the value of retaining tacit knowledge. Uniquely, this article offers an early conceptual framework through which levels of advancement and potential transition points to advance nursing practice in acute medicine are articulated. Determining how to advance requires identification of prior accomplishments…
Management of Sepsis
Introduction: The following is a scenario based learning discussion on the management of sepsis. This article was submitted to ACAP by: Dr Paul Robertson, MRCP MD Specialty Doctor in Microbiology, Monklands District General Hospital, Monkscourt Avenue, Airdrie, ML6 0JS A call to assess a febrile in-patient is a common scenario for junior medical staff or advanced nurse practitioners (ANP). Nursing and medical tradition would see this as an opportunity to administer an anti-pyretic and obtain blood cultures. Sadly these are often the only interventions that occur, with insufficient thought being given to identifying and treating the cause of the fever. I’ll argue that a call to assess a febrile inpatient represents an opportunity for early identification and treatment of sepsis, and that a shift in hospital culture – particularly…