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Advanced Practice Nursing SIG


Committee Chair
Lynn Eastes, RN, MS, ACNP-BC


Committee Chair
Jasmine Garces-King, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, CCRN, TCRN


Committee Chair
Rose Milano, RN, BSN, MS, DNP, ACNP-BC

The Advanced Practice Nursing SIG is open to all members with an interest in APNs and trauma. The goal of this SIG is to address the needs and concerns of trauma advanced practice nurses.

EAST Collaboration

The Society of Trauma Nurses (STN) and the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) have long shared a common goal of improving the care of the acutely injured patient. For this reason, the STN special interest group on advanced practitioners and the EAST section on advanced practitioners regularly collaborate on educating, mentoring, and supporting these valuable healthcare providers. In 2016, a joint task force between EAST and STN formed to develop a three-part workshop targeting professional and clinical development of advanced practitioners. We are continuing to meet regularly to plan the 2018 EAST conference offerings for Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants.

Resources

Webinars

Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing

  • Holiday. Anna, Damayanti, S, and Budinger, J, et al. (2017). An Outcome Analysis of Nurse Practitioners in Acute Care Trauma Services. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 24(6): 365-370.
  • Messing, Jonathan MSN, ANCP, et al., on behalf of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Society of Trauma Nurses, and the American Association of Surgical Physician Assistants. Optimizing the integration of advanced practitioners in trauma and critical care. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, July 2017. Retrieved from journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Abstract/2017/07000/Eastern_Association_for_the_Surgery_of_Trauma_and.30.aspx
  • Messing, Jonathan MSN, ANCP, et al., on behalf of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Society of Trauma Nurses, and the American Association of Surgical Physician Assistants. Optimizing the integration of advanced practitioners in trauma and critical care. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, July 2017. Retrieved from http://journals.lww.com/jtrauma/Abstract/2017/07000/Eastern_Association_for_the_Surgery_of_Trauma_and.30.aspx
  • Collins TA, Sicoutris CP, McNicholas A, et al: Advanced practitioners are peers in trauma performance improvement peer review. J Trauma Nurs 2016; 23(2): 72-6.
  • Ryan, L. Management vs. Leadership: Five Ways They Are Different (2016). Forbes Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/03/27/management-vs-leadership-five-ways-they-are-different, February 12, 2017
  • Myers, RA, Parikh, PJ, Ekeh, AP, Denlinger, E, et al. (2014). Scheduling of advanced practice providers at Level 1 trauma centers. J Trauma 77(1), 176-181.
  • Adkins, R.E., Cairns, BA, and Hultman, C.S (2014). A systematic review of advance practice providers in acute care. Ann Plast Surg, 72: 285-288.
  • Hiza, EA, Gottschalk, MB, Umpierrez, E., et al. Effect of a dedicated orthopedic advanced practice provider in a Level 1 trauma center: Analysis of length of stay and cost. J Orthop Trauma (29: e225-e230.
  • West SK: Advanced practice nursing committee on process improvement in trauma: an innovative application of the Strong model. J Trauma Nurs 2016; 23(4): 227-30.

Critical Care

  • Grabenkort, W. Robert PA, MMSc, FCCM; Meissen, Heather H. ACNP, CCRN, FCCM; Gregg, Sara R. MHA. Acute Care Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in Critical Care: Transforming Education and Practice, Critical Care Medicine, July 2017. Retrieved from http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Fulltext/2017/07000/Acute_Care_Nurse_Practitioners_and_Physician.1.aspx
  • Kahn, S., Davis, S., Banes, C., Dennis, B., May, A., Gunter, O. (2015) Impact of advanced practice providers (nurse practitioners and physician assistants) on surgical residents’ critical care experience. Journal of Surgical Research 199(2015) 7-12.
  • Grabenkort, RW, Meissen, HH, & Gregg, SR (2017). Acute care nurse practitioners and physician assistants in critical care: Transforming education and practice. Crit Care Med, 45(7), 1111-1114.
  • Curtis J., Cook, D., Wall, R., Angus, D., Bion, J., Kacmarek, R., Kane-Gill, S., Kirchoff, K., Levy, M., Mitchell, P., Moreno, R., Pronovost, P., Puntillo, K. (2006) Intensive care unit Quality improvement: A “how-to” guide for the interdisciplinary team. Crit Care Med, 34 (1), 211-218.

Clinical Emergency General Surgery

  • Clair DG, Beach JM: Mesenteric Ischemia. NEJM 2016; 374(10): 959-68.
  • Kirkpatrick AW, Roberts DJ, Waele JD, et al: Intraabdominal hypertension and the abdominal compartment syndrome: updated consensus definitions and clinical practice guidelines from the world society of the abdominal compartment syndrome. Intensive Care Med 2013; 39:1190-1206
  • Morris AM, Regenbogen SE, Hardiman KM, et al: Sigmoid diverticulitis: a systematic review. JAMA 2014; 311(3): 287-97.
  • Peitzman AB, Watson GA, Marsh JW: Acute cholecystitis: when to operate and how to do it safely. J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2015; 78(1).
  • Salminen P, Paajanen H, Rautio T, et al: Antibiotic therapy vs appendectomy for treatment of uncomplicated acute appendicitis: the APPAC randomized clinical trial. JAMA 2015; 313: 2340-8.

Nursing and Advanced Practice Nursing

  • Collins TA, Sicoutris CP, McNicholas A, et al: Advanced practitioners are peers in trauma performance improvement peer review. J Trauma Nurs 2016; 23(2): 72-6.
  • West SK: Advanced practice nursing committee on process improvement in trauma: an innovative application of the Strong model. J Trauma Nurs 2016; 23(4): 227-30.

Transition to Practice Programs

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