Advanced Practice Nursing: “Training” Pillar in Supporting the Proposal in Brazil

Enfermería de Práctica Avanzada: Pilar “Formación” en Apoyo a la Propuesta en Brasil

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to present the pillars that support what has been called Advanced Practice Nursing and discuss the necessary training for its implementation.

Methods:

elements contained in assessment documents for graduate programs proposals, reports of presentations by international professors in countries and selected scientific publications were gathered to compose the argument.

Results:

practice/competency (adds broad and in-depth knowledge about health processes and scientific evidence, clinical reasoning and clinical skills for therapeutic indications); 3) professional regulation (corresponding legislation and monitoring); and 4) funding (broad training and professional practice policy).

Final Considerations:

the agenda for implementing Advanced Practice Nursing in Brazil involves joining efforts to identify stakeholders for a work to legitimize their importance in the country’s health and education overview.

Descriptors:
Advanced Practice Nursing; Public Policy; Health Postgraduate Programs; Nursing Education; Education; Nursing; Graduate