Advanced Practice Nurses

The Advanced Practice Nurse SIG was begun in 2005 to meet the unique educational, mentoring, and professional needs of nurses currently working as APNs, those enrolled in APN programs, as well as nurses and coordinators who are interested in the APN role and/or considering pursuing an advanced degree.

Proposed goals and projects for the future include:

• a mentoring program for APNs and students,
• development of guidelines for transplant APNs and a scope of practice paper,
• annual APN workshop at the ITNS symposium,
• collaboration with the Research SIG on research projects and evidence-based practice issues,
• creating a listserve,
• development of exchange programs for APN study,
• and creating the SIG as a forum for discussion of advanced practice in transplant nursing.

The first APN Workshop was held during the annual ITNS symposium in Orlando in September 2005. The Committee Chair for 2005-06 is Beverly Kosmach-Park and Committee Co-Chairs are Belinda Kiger and Melissa Loyd. If you are interested in belonging to this SIG or have any questions about the group and proposed activities, please send an email to the SIG Chair for more information: Beverly.Kosmach@chp.edu