APN Publications and links

Here you can find useful publications and links related to advanced practice nursing. If you would like to contribute to the list, please contact salla.grommi@turkuamk.fi

ANP-EDU Project publications and presentations

Pelli, M., Utriainen, H., Franck, T., Sulosaari, V., Grommi, S. (2025). Shining the light on Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) – Why Advanced Practice Nursing is important. Talk Journal. Turku: Turun ammattikorkeakoulu. Cited 21.11.2025. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe20251110106836

Grommi, S.; Urban, R.; Häger, M.; Kumlin, M.; Norlyk, A.; Sulosaari, V. (2025). Advanced Practice Nursing Educators Baltic-Nordic Network (APN-EDU): Developing APN Educator’s Competence and Influencing Development of Advanced Practice Nursing [Poster presentation] ICN Congress, June 9-13, 2025, in Helsinki, Finland.

Grommi, S., Heikkilä, J., Hopia, H. & Sulosaari, Virpi V. (2024) Baltian ja pohjoismaiden yhteinen verkostotyö vahvistaa laajavastuisen hoitotyön asiantuntijoiden kouluttajien osaamista. [Poster presentation] XVII National Nursing Science Conference, June 11-12, 2024, in Tampere, Finland.

Sulosaari, V., Blaževičienė, A., Bragadóttir, H., Bäckström, J., Heikkilä, J., Hellesø, R., Hopia, H., Lenk-Adusoo, M., Norlyk, A., & Urban, R. (2023). A comparative review of advanced practice nurse programmes in the Nordic and Baltic countries. Nurse education today, 127, 105847. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.105847

Guidelines and competence frameworks (APN/Nursing)

Canadian Nurses Association. 2019. Advanced Nursing Practice. A Pan-Canadian Framework.

College of Nurses of Ontario. 2018. Entry-to-Practice Competencies for Nurse Practitioners.

International Council of Nurses. 2020. Guidelines on Advanced Practice Nursing.

International Council of Nurses. NP/APN network. 2008. Mapping of Advanced Practice Nursing Competencies from Nineteen Respondent Countries against the Strong Model of Advanced Practice Nursing (2000) and the International Council of Nurses (2008) Advanced Practice Nursing Competencies.

NHS, Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber. UK, 2015. Advanced Practice Framework.

NURSE PRACTITIONER CORE COMPETENCIES, 2012.

Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia. 2021. Nurse practitioner standards for practice.

NMBI Ireland.  2015. A Policy on the development of Graduate to Advanced Nursing and Midwifery Practice. 

Tuning Educational Structures in Europe. 2018. Guidelines and Reference Points for the Design and Delivery of Degree Programmes in Nursing. Eds. Mary Gobbi and Marja Kaunonen. 

Selected Scientific articles

Carney, M. 2016. Advanced practice literature review on behalf of NMB.

Goemaesa, R., Shaweb, J., Beeckmanc,D., Decoened, E., Verhaeghec, S., Van Hecke, A. 2018. Factors influencing the implementation of advanced midwife practitioners in healthcare settings: A qualitative study. Midwifery 66, 88-96.

Sastre-Fullana P., De Pedro-Gomes J.E., Bennasar-Veny M., Serrano-Gallardo P., & Morales-Asencio J.M. (2014) Competency frameworks for advanced practice nursing: a literature review. International Nursing Review (ICN).  1-9 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266564624_Competency_frameworks_for_advanced_practice_nursing_A_literature_review

Melnyk et.al.2014. The Establishment of Evidence-Based Practice Competencies for Practicing Registered Nurses and Advanced Practice Nurses in Real-World Clinical Settings: Proficiencies to Improve Healthcare Quality, Reliability, Patient Outcomes, and Costs. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 11:1, 5–15.

National APN associations or subgroups

Finnish Nurse Practitioner Teachers Network

Kliiniset Asiantuntijat YAMK-KLIAS ry

National Nurses Association, Estonia  

Estonian Nurses Union [Eesti Õdede Liit]

International APN association and subgroups

ICN Nurse Practitione r/ Advanced Practice Network (NP/APN Network)