Outcome Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing
Title Details
6th Ed.
Copyright © 2027 Springer Publishing Company, LLC
April N. Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN; Ruth M. Kleinpell, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, FCCM
ISBN-13: 978-0-8261-5889-5
eISBN-13: 978-0-8261-8878-6
Nursing
Additional Details
Measure, report, and improve outcomes with clear metrics, tools, and real-world exemplars
Measure, report, and improve APN outcomes with a practical guide to selecting metrics, building evaluation plans, and translating results into quality and economic impact. This resource delivers step-by-step frameworks, real-world exemplars across APRN roles and settings, and ready-to-use tools (templates, tables, and checklists) to streamline outcomes projects from design through dissemination. Support competency-based APN education and practice improvement with clear guidance on what to measure, how to measure it, and how to communicate value to stakeholders—so outcomes work is credible, efficient, and actionable.
What’s New:
- • New specialty exemplars expand coverage—dermatology, endocrinology, GI/hepatology, pulmonary, pain management, cancer care
- • Includes an outcomes assessment template to help outline plans for identifying and measuring APN outcomes
- • Updated resources and examples to support measuring outcomes of advanced practice nursing
- • Revised chapters integrate current evidence, updated data, and contemporary examples across APN practice settings
- • Expanded focus on practice-based outcomes and interprofessional collaboration to reflect evolving APN roles
Key Features:
- • Outcome studies and specialty exemplars provide practical guidance
- • Build defensible outcomes plans and clearly communicate APN quality and economic value to stakeholders
- • Apply step-by-step frameworks, templates, and exemplars to practice measuring and reporting APN outcomes
- • Vanderbilt leaders Kapu & Kleinpell bring nationally recognized APN outcomes expertise—widely published, award-winning, and practice-tested
The book provides an overview of APRN outcomes and outcomes measurements for all specialty areas, including clinical nurse specialists, nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and certified nurse-midwives. It is a wonderful resource for professionals, students, and faculty. The author and the contributors are experts in outcome assessment.
Doody's Review
"This is an essential resource for advanced practice nurses. It continues to be the only book exclusively focused on outcome assessment. This updated edition ensures that the material is current, which is necessary in the ever-changing healthcare environment."
-- Kathleen Woodruff, RN, MS, CRNP (Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing) Doody's Review - previous edition
"Useful to all APNs, this book would be a valuable part of their professional libraries. Wonderful additions to this update are the chapter objectives and the critical discussion questions. The inclusion of assessing outcomes at the doctor of nursing practice level further enhances the book's value. The inclusion of updated web links makes this an extremely user-friendly resource."
-- Kathleen Woodruff, DNP (Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing) Doody's Review - previous edition
"This is an excellent and timely tool for advanced practice nurses. The importance of outcomes research is indisputable."
-- Kathleen Woodruff, RN, MS, CRNP (Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing) Doody's Review - previous edition
"This book serves as an ideal tool for assisting APNs in gaining an understanding of the process of outcomes assessment....A useful resource for APN students, researchers, educators, and administrators...."
-- Gail L. Ingersoll, EdD, RN, FAAN (Director, Center for Outcomes Measurement and Practice Innovation, Loretta Ford Professor of Nursing, University of Rochester Medical Center) - previous edition
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