What is it about?
The literature shows that the ACP role has positive benefits on palliative care in three domains (1) for the patient through improving quality of life, (2) for professionals through education and (3) for organisations through cost effective models of care.
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Why is it important?
Incorporating the role of the ACP could enable organisations and trusts to deliver new models of care that are both patient focused and cost effective. Further research is needed within palliative care on the impact of nurses educated to an MSc level in advanced clinical practice compared to the traditional role of the clinical nurse specialist.
Perspectives
Exploring the evidence on the benefit of introducing the advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) to palliative care environments has the opportunity to significantly contribute and inform on the implementation of new models of palliative care.
Adam Graham
Northumbria University
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This page is a summary of: A systemised literature review into the benefits of introducing the advanced clinical practitioner role to palliative care patients, International Journal for Advancing Practice, July 2024, Mark Allen Group,
DOI: 10.12968/ijap.2023.0049.
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