The Acute-Care Nurse Practitioner

A Transformational Journey

Judy Rashotte (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

244 Seiten

2013
AU Press (Verlag)
978-1-927356-26-5 (ISBN)

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The Acute-Care Nurse Practitioner is based on in-depth interviews with twenty-six nurse practitioners working in acute-care settings within tertiary-care institutions all across Canada. Employing a hermeneutic approach, Rashotte explores the perspectives from which NPs view their reality as they undergo a transformational journey of becoming—a journey that is directed both outward, into the world, and inward, into the self. We learn how, in their struggle to engage in a meaningful practice that fulfills their goals as nurses, their purpose was hindered or achieved. In large part, the story unfolds in the voices of the NPs themselves, but their words are complemented by descriptive passages and excerpts of poetry that construct an animated and powerful commentary on their journey. Poised between two worlds, NPs make a significant contribution to the work of their colleagues and to the care of patients and families. The Acute-Care Nurse Practitioner offers an experiential alternative to conventional discourse surrounding this health care provider’s role

Judy Rashotte is director of nursing research at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa and an adjunct professor with the School of Nursing in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. Writing in international journals and engaging in research that expresses her passion for nursing, she draws on the eclectic nature of her nursing career as a clinician, educator, and manager to reveal the hidden complexities of nursing practice.

List of Figures and Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Being Called to Be More

2 Being Adrift

3 Being a Nurse Practitioner

4 Being Pulled to Be More

5 Being More

6 Breaking Silence and Giving Voice

References

Verlagsort	EDMONTON
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Pflege ► Fachpflege ► Anästhesie / Intensivmedizin
ISBN-10	1-927356-26-1 / 1927356261
ISBN-13	978-1-927356-26-5 / 9781927356265
Zustand	Neuware