Quality Improvement
Leads inter professional, culturally-sensitive, and evidence-based initiatives within organizations and systems to continuously improve the safety and quality of healthcare.
Research and Scholarship
Initiates use of theory and research to identify clinical problems or solutions, participates in scientific inquiry, and translates scholarship into practice
Nature of Practice
Assumes the direct and indirect roles and functions of advanced nursing practice to promote health, prevent illness, and improve the health of patients and populations.
Leadership
Promotes implementation of the full scope of nursing practice and assumes leadership positions in employer, professional, or community organizations at the local/state/national level.
Ethics
Incorporates ethical principles in complex situations of advanced nursing practice and clinical inquiry.
Collaboration
Collaborates with other health care professionals to initiate intra- and/or interprofessional teams to enhance practice and patient/population health outcomes.
Communication
Integrates information, technology, and practice guidelines to promote effective communication among patients and colleagues within health care systems.
Advocacy and Policy Development
Advocates for the development of health and social policy to improve health and practice by community engagement and participating in employer and professional organizations.