MASTER of ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE _ANP_

							  MASTER ADVANCED
NURSING PRACTICE (ANP)

              Gerrie Bours PhD RN
              Coordinator M-ANP
              Hogeschool Zuyd
                     Content
               Content
• Background
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner (profile)
• ANP training Zuyd University
• Curriculum
• Methods and methodology
• Admissions criteria
                             Background



• Revision of tasks in the Health Sector
• Necessity of Care Innovation
• Career perspectives of nurses
                         Advanced Nurse
                             Practitioner
• A highly qualified nurse
• An autonomous role integrating Cure and
  Care
• A clinical expert
• NP integrates research, education,
  consultation, clinical leadership and
  management
• ANP can work in all areas of the health sector
                      MASTER ADVANCED
                  NURSING PRACTICE (ANP)


Zuyd University
University Hospital Maastricht
University Maastricht
Various health care institutions in the
region
                           ANP Training


•   Accredited in 2004 by the NVAO
•   Financed in 2005 by OC&W and VWS
•   A 2 year training: 1 training day in 2 weeks
•   September 2005 start with 18 students
                    Unique components
Zuyd University : unique components:

• Focus on clinical reasoning and practice :
  skills training University Laboratory University
  Maastricht, faculty of medicine

• Focus on Evidence based and best practice

• Focus on Care innovation

• Online Learning community
                    Viewpoint on Education



• Competence Based(CanMeds)

• Action Learning

• Online Learning Community
Roles of ANP ( CanMeds)
          Methods and Methodology

•   Clinical reasoning in a work group
•   Case-work in the tutor group
•   Online discussion groups (Bb)
•   An individual CDP
•   Internships in practice
•   Online portfolio
•   Self- and peer assessment
          General and Specific character


               Clinical Expert
               Communicator
               Collaborator
General                          Specific
               Manager
               Health advocate
               Scholar
               Professional
                                      Content and timetable

Year 1 (60 EC)

(4 EC)                    (3 EC)               (4 EC)
Clinical expert 1         Clinical expert 2    Clinical expert 3


Clinical practice stage (20 EC)
                                               Farmacology (1EC)
Practice working stage (20 EC)

                    (4 EC)
                    Proposal masterthesis

(2 EC)                    (4 EC)              (2 EC)
Communicator             Scholar 1            Professional
Therapeutische fase
                                                     Content and timetable

                      Year 2 (60 EC)
                      (4 EC)              (4 EC)
                      Clinical expert 4   Clinical expert 5          Masterthesis




                      Clinical practice stage (20 EC) incorporated is 7 EC masterthesis
                      Practice working stage (20 EC)




                      (3 EC)
                      Masterthesis


                      (4 EC)
                                          (5 EC)
                      Scholar 2           Manager                 Masterthesis
               ANP Admissions criteria

• A top level Nursing Degree
• Registration according to the Medical Act BIG as
  a nurse
• A minimum of 2 years relevant working
  experience in Nursing
• A work contract as a nurse for a minimum of 32
  hours a week
• Already having the offer of a training place as a
  NP in training and a tutor in clinical practice
• Sufficient command of Dutch and English to be
  able to read the specialist literature
Thank you for your Attention

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