Perspectives In Ambulatory Care Nursing

The perfect ambulatory care primer for undergraduate nursing students or practicing nurses transitioning from acute care settings, Perspectives in Ambulatory Care delivers expert insight into this evolving specialty and familiarizes readers with the top issues and trends they’ll encounter in ambulatory nursing practice. This authoritative resource clarifies the distinctions between ambulatory care and acute care, details the wide variety of ambulatory care roles and settings and demonstrates the growing impact and importance of nurses outside the hospital setting to help readers confidently meet the challenges of a changing healthcare landscape and succeed in this critical area of care.

The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN) is the specialty nursing organization for nurses practicing in ambulatory care settings responsible for establishing and maintaining the standards for ambulatory care professional nursing practice. Ambulatory care is defined as outpatient care in which individuals stay less than 24 hours in the healthcare environment and then discharged to their residential situation following the care episode. This publication is an updated scope of practice statement and 16 revised standards for the clinical and administrative professional practice of ambulatory care registered nurses (RNs). The standards promote effective clinical and administrative management of increasingly complex ambulatory care RN roles and responsibilities in a changing healthcare environment.

The Core Curriculum for Ambulatory Care Nursing (3rd Edition) has been organized and expanded to address the educational needs of nurses new to the specialty and those with experience, as well as to provide a review for those who seek specialty certification as an ambulatory care nurse.

Professional ambulatory care nursing is a unique domain of specialty nursing practice that focuses on health care for individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations. The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing has established and published the standards for ambulatory care nursing practice. Theses standards are authoritative statements that describe the responsibilities for which ambulatory care nurses are accountable.

The potential impact of this Core Curriculum for Ambulatory Care Nursing (4th edition) is timely and far reaching. It serves as a foundation for ambulatory care practice, a current state overview, a resource for training and continuing education, a guide for nurse leaders, and a catalyst for future innovation and research. This edition of the Core Curriculum has been organized and expanded to address the educational needs of nurses either new to the specialty or those experienced, as well as to provide a review for those who seek specialty certification as an ambulatory care nurse. This Core Curriculum will influence and inspire your professional practice. If you are a current or future ambulatory care nurse, an ambulatory care nurse leader or emerging leader, or a nursing school faculty member looking to understand and navigate ambulatory care nursing, keep this Core Curriculum within your reach.

The Ambulatory Care Nursing Review Questions, 5th edition, published by the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing (AAACN). This set of practice test items is designed to assist ambulatory care nurses in assessing their knowledge of the practice of ambulatory care nursing. Professional nurses should take every opportunity to advance their expertise, skills, and knowledge, and use tools such as this publication to assess their knowledge gaps and learn from studying the answers.All review questions, answers, and their associated page numbers (found in the back of the booklet) are based on the Core Curriculum for Ambulatory Care Nursing, 4th edition (Laughlin & Witwer, 2019), a AAACN publication. Using the Core Curriculum as the companion to this set of review questions is highly recommended.This edition of the Review Questions has been updated to reflect the latest content outline of the Ambulatory Care Nursing Certification Exam of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) published in 2017. The 180 multiple-choice items follow the same format as the questions on the ANCC Ambulatory Care Nursing Certification Exam. The multiple-choice items are grouped into five domains of practice corresponding to those on the examination. The content in each of the domains and the percentage of questions are drawn directly from the test content outline as published by ANCC at the time of this writing.

The new edition of this reference reflects the advanced procedures being performed in ambulatory surgery, new medications being released, and improvements in pain management techniques. New chapters cover conscious sedation, managed care issues, care after discharge, business and marketing perspectives. Readers will also find new information on minimally invasive and laser surgery, pain management, radial keratotomy, cardiac defibrillators, and more.