Section I. The Foundation of Advanced Practice Nursing 1. Advanced Practice Nursing at the Dawn of the 21st Century: Practice, Education, and Research 2. Education for Advanced Practice Nursing 3. Professional Development: Socialization in Advanced Practice Nursing 4. Practice Credentials: Licensure, Approval to Practice, Certification, and Privileging 5. Clinical Reasoning Section II. Changing Environment and Patient Diversity in Health Care Delivery 6. Healthcare Delivery Systems and Environments of Care 7. The Renaissance of Primary Care: An Opportunity for Nursing 8. The Advanced Practice Nurse in a Managed Care Environment 9. Advanced Practice Nursing in the Postacute Continuum for the Older Person 10. Nursing Informatics 11. Diversity: A Call for Culturally Competent Practitioners 12. Alternative and Complementary Therapies Section III. Practice and Economic Imperatives in Advanced Practice Nursing 13. Accountability: The Covenant Between Patient and Advanced Practice Nurse 14. Political Activism: Moving the Profession Forward 15. The Research Basis for Practice: "The Foundation of Evidence-Based Practice" 16. Economics and Healthcare Financing Section IV. The Advanced Practice Nurse: Roles and Innovative Models for Caring 17. Primary Care: Improving Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 18. Management of High Risk and Vulnerable Populations 19. Pushing the Boundaries of Advanced Practice Nursing
