A Longitudinal Study of Advanced Practice Nursing in Singapore

Kannusamy, Premarani

doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2006.08.001

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“…The development of the APN role in Singapore, offers a clinical career path for nurses and at the same time, prepares them to cater to the aging population with greater healthcare needs 2 The advanced practice nursing programme in Singapore is the hybrid of the Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) programmes. The NP component, includes training in the diagnosis and management of common medical conditions, and chronic illnesses.…”

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Advanced Practice Nursing in Singapore

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Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare

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Advanced Practice Nursing in Singapore

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“…At the outset, increasing health care access and reducing costs were not the main catalysts for the development of APNs in Singapore. The main impetus for the development and implementation of APNs was to raise the professional status and retention rates of nursing (Kannusamy, ). Nonetheless, over time, policymakers and health care administrators recognized the value APNs bring to enlarging Singapore's health care workforce capacity (MOH & Workforce Singapore, ).…”

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Registered nurses' perceptions towards advanced practice nursing: A nationwide cross‐sectional study

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Aims:To explore registered nurses' perceptions towards the role of advanced practice nurses and to examine registered nurses' interests in becoming advanced practice nurses.Background: Globally, the development and implementation of advanced practice nurses have been deemed propitious. Advanced practice nurses are recruited and developed from the current pool of registered nurses. Empirical research is needed to inform practice on ensuring the sustainability of the advanced practice nurse workforce through the recruitment and development of the current population of registered nurses. Methods:A nationwide cross-sectional online survey was conducted in Singapore.Registered nurses from all public health care institutions were surveyed.Results: Respondents (n = 1,025) displayed optimism and acceptance towards advanced practice nurses. However, only 30.7% hoped to become advanced practice nurses.Nursing leaders were reported to have a low success rate in identifying registered nurses who were both suitable and interested in the advanced practice nurse role.Conclusions: Registered nurses' positive perspectives towards the role of advanced practice nurses do not translate into interests in the role. The study offers pragmatic applicability in ensuring the sustainability of the advanced practice nurse workforce. Implications for Nursing Management:Advanced practice nurse-specific residency programmes for pre-master registered nurses may be facilitative to retaining and recruiting registered nurses for the advanced practice nurse workforce. K E Y W O R D Sadvanced practice nurses, nurse practitioners, personnel recruitment, professional image, registered nurses, staff nurses

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“…APNs are nurses holding Masters degrees with clinical aptitudes for expanded practice (Singapore Nursing Board, 2018a). As with some countries such as Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ireland and Switzerland (Delamaire & Lafortune, 2010), the APN role was first developed in Singapore in 2003 as an initiative to improve the professional status of nursing and to retain nurses in clinical practice (Kannusamy, 2006). Such rationales evidently differed from that in the international literature, wherein it has been reported that the main impetus for APN implementation outside of the aforementioned countries was to increase healthcare accessibility and affordability (Cometto, Boerma, Campbell, Dare, & Evans, 2013).…”

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Practice patterns and role perception of advanced practice nurses: A nationwide cross‐sectional study

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Aims To explore registered nurses' perceptions towards the role of advanced practice nurses and to examine registered nurses' interests in becoming advanced practice nurses. Background Globally, the development and implementation of advanced practice nurses have been deemed propitious. Advanced practice nurses are recruited and developed from the current pool of registered nurses. Empirical research is needed to inform practice on ensuring the sustainability of the advanced practice nurse workforce through the recruitment and development of the current population of registered nurses. Methods A nationwide cross‐sectional online survey was conducted in Singapore. Registered nurses from all public health care institutions were surveyed. Results Respondents (n = 1,025) displayed optimism and acceptance towards advanced practice nurses. However, only 30.7% hoped to become advanced practice nurses. Nursing leaders were reported to have a low success rate in identifying registered nurses who were both suitable and interested in the advanced practice nurse role. Conclusions Registered nurses' positive perspectives towards the role of advanced practice nurses do not translate into interests in the role. The study offers pragmatic applicability in ensuring the sustainability of the advanced practice nurse workforce. Implications for Nursing Management Advanced practice nurse‐specific residency programmes for pre‐master registered nurses may be facilitative to retaining and recruiting registered nurses for the advanced practice nurse workforce.

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A Longitudinal Study of Advanced Practice Nursing in Singapore

Cited by 9 publications

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Advanced Practice Nursing in Singapore

Advanced Practice Nursing in Singapore

Registered nurses' perceptions towards advanced practice nursing: A nationwide cross‐sectional study

Practice patterns and role perception of advanced practice nurses: A nationwide cross‐sectional study

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