Services

The Advanced Practice Services (APS) Department provides culturally competent, individualized advanced nursing care to age-specific populations across the spectrum of inpatient and outpatient health care services. Whole-person care is continuous, comprehensive, and is determined by and reflective of the characteristics of specific patient populations in a variety of patient care settings. Advanced clinical nursing care is provided using a collaborative practice framework that integrates the medical model and nursing theories and involves physicians, patients, families, significant others, nurses, and other health care team members.

Plan for Providing Care

• LLUMC
• LLUCH

Frequent Procedures / Services/ Functions

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) perform functions pursuant to Standardized Procedures that are approved by administration, medicine, nursing, and Medical Staff By-Laws/Rules and Regulations. Specific role functions are determined by scope of practice within APN classification and include collaborating with attending physicians to provide:

• Coordination of care and documenting care provided in the medical record

• Education to patients, families, significant others and other health care team members

• Performance of health history and physical exam

• Interpretation of diagnostic studies and other clinical data

• Development of diagnostic and treatment plans

• Ordering of medications, therapies and ancillary specialty consultations

• Education on disease prevention

• Performance of approved designated standardized procedure techniques

• Participation in development of standards of care, policies, protocols, techniques, guidelines and standardized procedures

• Participation in research