advanced nurse practitioner

Diagnose and treat infections developed in a hospital environment.

Determine the cancer treatment appropriate for the patient, considering chemotherapy, hormonal therapy and targeted therapy such as immunotherapy.

Provide professional care, adequate to the health and nursing care needs of the individuals, families and groups, taking into account the scientific developments, as well as the quality and safety requirements established in accordance with the legal/professional conduct regulations.

Handle dangerous infectious diseases in an intensive medical therapy unit.

Implement the nursing theoretical and methodological fundamentals and principles, basic nursing interventions on scientific evidence and the resources available.

Enable the promotion and the development of nursing care in long term care, co-morbidity and in situations of dependency in order to maintain individuals’ personal autonomy and relationships with the environment in each moment of the health/illness process.

Provide useful information related to health care professions to ensure policy decisions are made in the benefit of communities.

Provide regular or ad-hoc supervision and advise team members on clinical matters.

Give advice to, instruct and support persons needing nursing care and their attachment figures.

Promote healthy lifestyles, preventive measures and self-care by strengthening empowerment, promoting health and enhancing behaviours and therapeutic compliance, providing patients with the adequate information in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments, medication and nursing care.

Ensure patients/clients are fully informed about the risks and benefits of proposed treatments so they can give informed consent, engaging patients/clients in the process of their care and treatment.

Provide comprehensive care of critically ill patients with underlying surgical conditions.

Conduct bronchoscopy to visualise the tracheobronchial tree for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

A judgment based on a comprehensive nursing assessment.

Carry out examinations on patients in order to detect early signs of illness or risk factors.

Autonomously perform comprehensive health assessment, using professional judgement to refer patients requiring specialist attention to other health professionals and agencies as appropriate.

Perform diagnostic testing for allergies to drugs, vaccines, or other substances used in medicinal treatment.

Examine and diagnose advanced nursing care using evidence based therapeutic interventions.

Respond to an information need by collecting and analysing available findings to inform clinical decisions.

Contribute to decision-making at clinical, management and policy level, such as the allocation of health funds.

Implement scientific findings for evidence-based practice, integrating research evidence into decision making by forming a focused clinical question in response to a recognised information need, searching for the most appropriate evidence to meet that need, critically appraising the retrieved evidence, incorporating the evidence into a strategy for action, and evaluating the effects of any decisions and actions taken.

Apply advanced practice with regard to clinical decision-making, managing the caseload for individual patients, families and communities.

Initiate life-preserving actions by taking measures in crises and disaster situations.

Apply quality standards related to risk management, safety procedures, patients feedback, screening and medical devices in daily practice, as they are recognized by the national professional associations and authorities.

Comply with the regional and national health legislation which regulates relations between suppliers, payers, vendors of the healthcare industry and patients, and the delivery of healthcare services.

Make sure that healthcare users are being treated professionally, effectively and safe from harm, adapting techniques and procedures according to the person's needs, abilities or the prevailing conditions.

Offer evidence-based advice on how to avoid ill health, educate and advise individuals and their carers on how to prevent ill health and/or be able to advise how to improve their environment and health conditions. Provide advice on the identification of risks leading to ill health and help to increase the patients' resilience by targeting prevention and early intervention strategies.

Participate in the practical training of health personnel on the basis of the knowledge and skills acquired.

Provide evidence based strategies to promote healthy living, disease prevention and management.

Coordinate care for patient groups, being able to manage a number of patients within a given amount of time and provide optimum health services.

Organise transfer of care, when applicable, across a range of healthcare settings, communicating effectively and ensuring that the patient/client and carers are involved in the decision making process.

Employ a set of organisational techniques and procedures which facilitate the achievement of the set goals set such as detailed planning of personnel's schedules. Use these resources efficiently and sustainably, and show flexibility when required.

Follow agreed protocols and guidelines in support of healthcare practice which are provided by healthcare institutions, professional associations, or authorities and also scientific organisations.

Adhere to organisational or department specific standards and guidelines. Understand the motives of the organisation and the common agreements and act accordingly.

Promote and respect diversity, and advocate for equal treatment of genders, ethnicities and minority groups in organisations in order to prevent discrimination and ensure inclusion and a positive environment.