cover image - Demystifying and Preparing for Advanced Practice, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780443117589
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 05-27-2025
Page Count: 321
Imprint: Elsevier
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Demystifying and Preparing for Advanced Practice, 1st Edition

by Jonathan Thomas, MSc, PGDip, PGCtHE, Dip N, RN (Adult), IP, Melanie Rogers, RGN, BSc, MSc and PhD, Angela Banks, RN, RNT, DipPNS, BMedSci(Hons), MA (Ed) MSc, Anna Jones, RN (Adult) BN, MSc, PhD, Dip ICU,PGT and Colette Henderson, MSc, BSc (Hons) NP, PgCert NP, RN, NISP, RNT, FHEA

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cover image - Demystifying and Preparing for Advanced Practice, 1st Edition
ISBN: 9780443117589
Copyright: 2026
Publication Date: 05-27-2025
Page Count: 321
Imprint: Elsevier
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With advanced practice set to transform health service delivery, Demystifying and Preparing for Advanced Practice is the first comprehensive resource that covers all the requirements of the advanced practice qualification, across all health professions and in all settings.

Written by expert authors from across the UK, the book explores the four central pillars under which Advanced Practitioners are required to operate: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research. It will help the reader understand their role, prepare for and pass their assessments, and go on to practise autonomously.

This book is an indispensable guide for all those undertaking their Master’s qualification, and is ideal for both aspiring and student Advanced Practitioners.

The first book in a new series of titles, Demystifying Advanced Practice, which will make accessible all aspects of advanced practice for the benefit of students and aspiring students, practitioners, educators, researchers, managers and leaders.
  • • Suitable for all healthcare professionals seeking to attain advanced practice status
    • Covers the core content of the MSc qualification
    • Takes a four-nations approach, with expert contributions from highly experienced academics, clinicians, supervisors and students from across the UK
    • Provides a roadmap for people wishing to pursue an advanced practice career
    • Covers required concepts and educations in detail
    • Includes a dedicated chapter written by and for students
    • Explores the international approach to advanced practice
  • 1. Introduction to Advanced Practice
    2. Transformative Practice in the UK for Demystifying and Preparing for Advanced Practice
    3. Four Pillars of Advanced Practice—Education: Foundations and Future
    4. Four Pillars of Advanced Practice—Clinical
    5. Four Pillars of Advanced Practice—Leadership
    6. Four Pillars of Advanced Practice: Research
    7. Aspiring to Advanced Practice—How to Get Started
    8. Introduction to the Importance of Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology
    9. Introduction to Critical Writing
    10. Professional and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice
    11. Surviving as a Trainee Advanced Practitioner
    12. Supervision and Assessment in Advanced Practice
    13. Portfolio Development
    14. Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being and Resilience for Advanced Practitioners
    15. Advanced Practice Beyond the UK: An International Context
  • Jonathan Thomas, MSc, PGDip, PGCtHE, Dip N, RN (Adult), IP, Programme Director, MSc Advanced Practice, Swansea University, UK, Melanie Rogers, RGN, BSc, MSc and PhD, Professor of Advanced Practice, University of Huddersfield, UK, Angela Banks, RN, RNT, DipPNS, BMedSci(Hons), MA (Ed) MSc, Advanced Clinical Practice Course Leader, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, Anna Jones, RN (Adult) BN, MSc, PhD, Dip ICU,PGT, Director for Learning and Teaching, Cardiff University, UK and Colette Henderson, MSc, BSc (Hons) NP, PgCert NP, RN, NISP, RNT, FHEA, Programme Lead, Advanced Practice, University of Dundee, UK

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