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About the Advanced Practice Group

 

This group is aimed at practitioners working in advanced practice roles in PICU in the UK and ROI. It may also be of interest to those wishing to develop this role in their clinical area or senior staff interested in training for an advanced practitioner role. It is proposed that this group meets bi-annually. The next meeting will be held in Cambridge on the 21st September. Further details can be obtained from jenny.longden@cmft.nhs.uk

The terms of reference of the PICS Advanced Practice Group were defined as follows:

 

* To survey current advanced practice within the UK (through audit) - present at PICS conference

 

* To raise the profile of the advanced practitioner role and ensure that this is acknowledged and promoted. Influence and develop this role.

 

* To support practitioners in clinical practice through education, information sharing and dissemination of best practice.

 

* Develop links with European colleagues.

 

Next meeting

 

 

Advanced Practice Group Meeting

 

Wednesday 21st September 2011
2pm - 4pm

 

European Conference & Annual Scientific Meeting of PICS (UK) Cambridge, U.K. 21st - 23rd September, 2011

West Road Concert Hall, Faculty of Music University of Cambridge

 

For further details and to add agenda items please contact:Jenny.longden@cmft.nhs.uk

 


Useful links:


www.rcn.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/146478/003207.pdf


Role of Nursing and Midwifery Council in Regulating advanced practice

Advanced Nursing Practice Tollkit

Suppoting Development of Advanced Nursing Practice - Scottish Government Document