Advanced practice nursing: international gator nursing week.

Autor: Toso BRGO; Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Campus Cascavel, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Curso de Enfermagem, Cascavel, PR, Brazil., Bonfim D; Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Santos KBD; Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Departamento de Enfermagem, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil., Freire NP; Conselho Federal de Enfermagem, Brasília, DF, Brazil., Danski MTR; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Enfermagem, Curitiba, PR, Brazil., Oliveira PC; Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Stacciarini JR; University of Florida, College of Nursing, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P [Rev Esc Enferm USP] 2024 Dec 06; Vol. 58, pp. e20240228. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 06 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI: 10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2024-0228en
Abstrakt: Objective: To describe the experience of the International Gator Nursing Week program focusing on advanced practice nurses' (APNs) training and work in the United States of America.
Method: An experience report on a one-week immersion course at the University of Florida College of Nursing, describing aspects related to APNs' training structure and professional performance in mental healthcare services, Primary healthcare, pediatrics and hospital.
Results: Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) refers to the clinical practice of nurses with specialized training and advanced healthcare skills, and these professionals are called APNs. The experience is described focusing on APNs' educational training and professional performance in primary healthcare, mental health, pediatrics, advocacy for APN development, visits to primary healthcare services and research summits.
Conclusion: The intensive experience in the program provided Brazilian nurses with the opportunity to learn about and participate in daily APN experiences in that country, expanding participants' knowledge.
Databáze: MEDLINE