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The following articles were published in the Perspectives in Ambulatory Care department of the Nursing Economic$ journal and authored by members of the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing. The PIAC column captures the essence and makes sense of today's changing ambulatory care market.


Articles

  • Thumbnail for Implementation and Evaluation of an Ambulatory Care Nurse Clinical Advancement System
    Identification
    2018_NEC_MJ
    Issue
    May/June 2018

    The United States spends more than other high-income countries on health care, while continuing to lag behind in quality, access, life expectancy, and care coordination. Patient populations and where they receive care is changing drastically, with volumes shifting from the inpatient, episode-centered model to an outpatient, health promotion centered model. Ambulatory care nurses are uniquely positioned within the healthcare continuum to lead the transformation of care for diverse patient populations. One strategy that enables the ambulatory care nurse to practice all dimensions of his or her specialty role is the development of a clinical advancement system(CAS). CAS, or clinical ladders, are one strategy that can assist nurses in acquiring skills necessary to support excellent practice as well as improve quality patient care outcomes.

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Susan Hossli
    Susan M. Hossli, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
    Speaker Image for Rachel Start
    Rachel E. Start, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
    Associate VP, MBE Services, Rush University Medical Center
    Speaker Image for Marcia Murphy
    Marcia P. Murphy, DNP, ANP, FAHA, FPCNA
  • Thumbnail for Opportunities for Nurses to Lead Quality Efforts Under MACRA
    Identification
    2018_NEC_MA
    Issue
    March/April 2018

    Care planning and care coordination are quality metrics for Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). Registered nurses in ambulatory care were surveyed to assess current care coordination practices and identify opportunities for RNs to promote quality under the law. Findings can assist in understanding the ways nurses in ambulatory care currently contribute to quality outcomes and identify additional opportunities for registered nurses to lead efforts to continue to improve quality under MACRA.

    Authors

    Speaker Image for Yumi  Ma
    Yumi Ma, MSN, RN
    Speaker Image for Nancy May
    Nancy May, DNP, RN-BC, NEA-BC
    2015-2016 AAACN President
    Speaker Image for Annette DeVito Dabbs
    Annette DeVito Dabbs, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC
  • Thumbnail for Transition to Practice - Part 3: Implementing an Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse Residency Program: RN Residency and Transition to Professional Practice Programs in Ambulatory Care - Challenges, Successes, and Recommendations
    Identification
    2018_NEC_JF
    Issue
    January/February 2018

    The importance of establishing transition to practice and nurse residency programs in all practice settings is clearly supported in the literature. Developing a standardized program ensures use of evidence-based practice materials avoiding wide variance among curriculums. Investing in time to develop academic practice partnerships will promote necessary changes in nursing education as the role of the RN evolves. Partnerships provide an avenue to develop a new workforce that is not only directed at inpatient care, but also encompasses specialty care including ambulatory practice. As healthcare delivery continues to expand into non-hospital settings, demand for nurses in outpatient care will continue to grow. It is important ambulatory and community-based care settings play an active role in developing their own RN workforce.

    Speaker

    Speaker Image for Lillian Jones-Bell
    Lillian J. Jones-Bell, MSN Ed, RN, PHN
    Education Consultant, California Health Impact State Nursing Workforce

    Authors

    Speaker Image for Cathryn Halford-Cook
    Cathryn Halford-Cook, DNP, RN, CNS, CNL
    Speaker Image for Nancy Weaver Parker
    Nancy Weaver Parker, MSN, RN, PHN, CNL
  • Thumbnail for Transition to Practice - Part 1: Implementing the AAACN Ambulatory Care Nurse Residency Program: The Importance of a Structural Framework
    Identification
    2017_NEC_SO
    Issue
    September/October 2017
    The AAACN Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse Residency Program is distinct from orientation by providing a coordinated and comprehensive transition into an ambulatory care clinical environment. The Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse Residency Program is designed to strengthen the transition support for new registered nurse (RN) graduates and RNs new to the ambulatory care specialty. Residency programs have the potential to promote the role of the RN and his or her commitment to the profession of nursing. A broad, integrated, and comprehensive structure is critical to successful implementation and sustainability.

    Author

    Speaker Image for June Levine
    June Levine, MSN, BSN, RN
    National Consultant in Ambulatory Nursing, Kaiser Permanente
  • Thumbnail for Transition to Practice - Part 2: Implementing an Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse Residency Program: Competency - It's Not Just a Task
    Identification
    2017_NEC_ND
    Issue
    November/December 2017
    The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative has played an important role in transforming how nursing can improve quality and safety in education and practice. Assessing whether a nurse is competent to perform the duties of his or her job role involves more than completing a skills checklist. The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing’s Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse Residency Program used the QSEN framework to support development of competencies that will provide the new nurse to the ambulatory care setting with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide safe quality care.

    Author

    Speaker Image for Laurel More
    Laurel More, MS, RN, NPD-BC, CPN
    Clinical Education Specialist, Children's Hospital Colorado
  • Thumbnail for Advanced Practice Nurses: Developing A Business Plan for an Independent Ambulatory Clinical Practice
    Identification
    2017_NEC_MJ
    Issue
    May/June 2017

    The driving forces that are motivating many advanced practice nurses (APNs) to create new, high-value practices within the ambulatory care setting reflect the need for better, higher quality patient care, a deep commitment to spending healthcare dollars wisely, and most importantly, the relentless search for nursing interventions that lead to real improvement in the health of patients. Business planning provides the path through which new APN-run ambulatory practices become a reality and a success. A well-developed and sophisticated business plan is an essential first step in setting up a successful APN practice that reinforces APNs' contributions to health care, and leads to real rewards for patients and families, APNs, and the healthcare industry.

    Authors

    Speaker Image for Joyce Johnson
    Joyce E. Johnson, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
    Speaker Image for Wendy Garvin
    Wendy S. Garvin, MSN, APRN-BC, RN
  • Thumbnail for Leveraging National Reports to Transform Ambulatory Care Practice
    Identification
    2017_NEC_MA
    Issue
    March/April 2017
    Multiple national reports identify actionable recommendations to transform education and practice to meet the needs of health care and healthcare delivery beyond the hospital walls. The Josiah Macy Jr. Conference (2016) focused on transforming primary care and changing healthcare culture to support expansion of roles for registered nurses (RNs). Partnerships between academia and clinical practice are critical to expanding learning opportunities beyond traditional acute care settings. Development of primary care expertise in nursing faculty and adjunct faculty, in collaboration with primary care and ambulatory care nursing leaders, is essential. Academic-practice partnerships must advocate for removing regulatory and practice barriers to allow RNs to practice to the full scope of education and training. Recommendations from national reports extend beyond enhanced roles in primary care practice and have global implications for all RNs practicing in ambulatory care.

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Anne Jessie
    Senior Director for Population Health Management and Clinical Innovations, Gorman Health
    Speaker Image for Beth Ann Swan
    Beth Ann Swan, PhD, RN, FAAN
  • Thumbnail for American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing Position Paper: The Role of the Registered Nurse in Ambulatory Care
    Identification
    2017_NEC_JF
    Issue
    January/February 2017

    Speakers

    Speaker Image for Stephanie Witwer
    Stephanie Witwer, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
    Independent Nurse Consultant
    Speaker Image for Susan Paschke
    Susan Paschke, MSN, RN, AMB-BC, NEA-BC
    Part-Time Faculty, Kent State University

    Authors

    Speaker Image for Wanda Richards
    Wanda C. Richards, PhD, MSM, MPA, BSN
    Speaker Image for Anne Jessie
    Anne Jessie, DNP, RN
    Senior Director for Population Health Management and Clinical Innovations, Gorman Health
    Speaker Image for Linda Harden
    Linda Harden, MS, BSN, RN-BC
    Speaker Image for Kathleen Martinez
    Kathleen Martinez, MSN, RN, CPN, CIC
    Clinical Manager Pediatric Call Center, Children's Hospital Colorado
    Speaker Image for Margaret Mastal
    Margaret F. Mastal, PhD, MSN, RN
    Speaker Image for Cynthia Murray
    Cynthia Murray, BN, RN-BC
    Speaker Image for Maureen Power
    Maureen T. Power, MPH, RN, LNCC
    Speaker Image for Mary Hines Vinson
    Mary Hines Vinson, DNP, RN-BC
  • Thumbnail for Registered Nurses Make a Difference with Ambulatory Care Nurse-Sensitive Indicators
    Identification
    2017_NEC_JA
    Issue
    July/August 2017

    In the ambulatory care setting where care is episodic, occurs over time, and is impacted by multiple, interprofessional care team members, it is difficult to measure the specific impact of the registered nurse (RN). Many innovative processes are being developed and individual RNs are finding unique ways to benchmark quality that are nurse sensitive and improve outcomes for patients. The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing Ambulatory Care Nurse-Sensitive Indicator Industry Report: Meaningful Measurement of Nursing in the Ambulatory Patient Care Environment focused on the clinical practice and the quality improvement/research role of the RN and identified nine clinical practice dimensions and three quality/research dimensions. Roles of the ambulatory care RN and exemplars classified according to those roles and dimensions are provided.

    Speaker

    Speaker Image for Rachel Start
    Rachel E. Start, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
    Associate VP, MBE Services, Rush University Medical Center

    Authors

    Speaker Image for Mary Morin
    Mary Morin, RN-BC, NEA-BC
    Speaker Image for Dana Nelson
    Dana Nelson, MBA, MSN, RN-BC, CRRN
  • Thumbnail for Ambulatory Care Nurse-Sensitive Indicators Series: Patient Engagement as a Nurse-Sensitive Indicator In Ambulatory Care
    Identification
    2016_NEC_ND
    Issue
    November/December 2016

    Ambulatory care registered nurses (RNs) have a pivotal role in educating, encouraging, motivating, and supporting patients to be engaged in their care and achieve their health care goals. To improve health outcomes, patients need to be engaged in attaining these goals. RNs are instrumental in this process and well-controlled studies will demonstrate their impact on helping patient’s engage in their care.

    Authors

    Speaker Image for Eileen Esposito
    Eileen M. Esposito, DNP, RN, AMB-BC, DipACLM, CPHQ
    Senior Healthcare Executive
    Speaker Image for Catherine Rhodes
    Catherine A. Rhodes, MSN, APRN, WHNP-BC, RNC-OB, SANE-A
    Speaker Image for Catherine Besthoff
    Catherine M. Besthoff, DPH(c), MHA, RN, CPHQ
    Speaker Image for Nena Bonuel
    Nena Bonuel, PhD, RN, CCRN, CNS, ACNS-BC
    Director of Nursing Practice, Harris Health System
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