Dr. Melanie ROGERS
International Council of Nurses, Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nurse Network Chair (ICN NP / APNN)
University Teaching Fellow for Advanced Practice, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Dr. Rogers is a University Teaching Fellow for Advanced Practice at the University of Huddersfield in the UK. She is also an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care as well as the Chair of the International Council of Nurses, Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nurse Network (ICN NP/APNN). She is a Queen’s Nurse having been awarded this title for her work in practice and education. She has worked as a nurse for over 30 years having trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. She has worked in many settings including acute medicine, endocrinology, gynaecology, oncology and emergency care in the UK and Canada before training to be a Nurse Practitioner in 1998.

After pioneering the Nurse Practitioner role in the Yorkshire region, she went on to develop Advanced Practice education at the University of Huddersfield. She set up and developed a local Nurse Practitioner forum, became active nationally in the Association of Advanced Practice Educators before serving on several Subgroups with the ICN NP/APNN. She was elected as Chair of this Network in 2017. She is also Director of the ICN NP/APN Network Global Academy of Research and Enterprise which was developed in 2020 to increase global APN research and enterprise.

Dr Rogers is passionate about advanced practice as a way of providing the care needed at the point of need for patients. Her work and research has focused on how to provide truly holistic care to patients and her doctoral studies have led to a framework for Nurse Practitioners to help patients find hope, meaning and purpose during times of illness and challenge.

She has multiple publications on clinical aspects of advanced practice, has published an edited book on Spiritually Competent Practice and is completing a new book on Spiritual Dimensions of Advanced Practice Nursing. Her recent research projects have included global studies on Job Satisfaction for Nurse Practitioners in Developed and Developing Countries, Diagnostic Reasoning skills of APNs and Emotional and Spiritual Wellbeing and Resilience of APNs during Covid-19 globally. Dr Rogers chaired the working party that developed the 2020 ICN APN Guidelines.

Abstract

Advanced Practice Nursing - A Global Perspective

Advanced Practice Nursing is an expanding phenomenon globally. Advanced Practice Nurses’ expert knowledge and leadership skills reduce health care disparities and lead to high-quality health care provision. These roles have been evolving globally for over 50 years in response to patient need, lack of adequate healthcare provision and a shortfall of medical doctors in some areas. They have a significant impact on global health care addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Universal Health Coverage. There is a large body of literature calling for clarity of advanced practice roles. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) (2020) and the ICN Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nurse Network (ICN NP/APNN) have developed definitions and guidance for developing advanced practice roles, which have recently been updated.

This presentation provides an overview of advanced practice nursing globally including the barriers and challenges to developing these roles. It will introduce the role of the ICN NP/ANPN Network in advanced practice globally as well as presenting the updated ICN definition of advanced practice nursing.

References:
International Council of Nurses (ICN) (2020) Guidelines on Advanced Practice Nursing. ICN, Geneva.

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