Validation of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument in a hospital environment.

OBJECTIVES: to evaluate the measurement properties of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument - Brazilian version, in the hospital environment. METHODS: a methodological study conducted in a hospital with 238 nurses. Three instruments collect the data: sample characterization form, Brazilian version of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument, and the category "therapeutic interventions" of the nurse competence scale. Construct validity was verified by confirmatory factor analysis and Spearman's correlation coefficient, and reliability by Cronbach's Alpha and composite reliability. RESULTS: in the factor analysis, the model converged to a satisfactory result. The study found acceptable evidence of reliability (Cronbach's Alpha, 0.76-0.87; and composite reliability, 0.85-0.90). CONCLUSIONS: the instrument demonstrated evidence of construct validity and internal consistency and can be used in practice.

Validation of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument in a hospital environment / Validación del Inventario para Evaluación de Competencias en Enfermeras de Práctica Avanzada en el ámbito hospitalario / Validação do Instrumento para Avaliação de Competências do Enfermeiro de Prática Avançada em ambiente hospitalar

ABSTRACT Objectives: to evaluate the measurement properties of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument - Brazilian version, in the hospital environment. Methods: a methodological study conducted in a hospital with 238 nurses. Three instruments collect the data: sample characterization form, Brazilian version of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument, and the category "therapeutic interventions" of the nurse competence scale. Construct validity was verified by confirmatory factor analysis and Spearman's correlation coefficient, and reliability by Cronbach's Alpha and composite reliability. Results: in the factor analysis, the model converged to a satisfactory result. The study found acceptable evidence of reliability (Cronbach's Alpha, 0.76-0.87; and composite reliability, 0.85-0.90). Conclusions: the instrument demonstrated evidence of construct validity and internal consistency and can be used in practice

RESUMEN Objetivos: evaluar las propiedades de medida del Instrumento para Evaluación de Competencias del Enfermero de Práctica Avanzada - versión brasileña, en ambiente hospitalario. Métodos: estudio metodológico, realizado en un hospital, com 238 enfermeros. Los datos fueron recolectados mediante tres instrumentos: ficha para caracterización de la muestra; versión brasileña del Instrumento para Evaluación de Competencias del Enfermero de Práctica Avanzada; y la categoría "Intervenciones Terapéuticas" de la Escala de Competencia del Enfermero. La validez de constructo verificada por meio del análisis factorial confirmatorio y del coeficiente de correlación de Spearman; y la confiabilidad, por medio del alfa de Cronbach y de la confiabilidad compuesta. Resultados: en el análisis factorial, el modelo convergió para un resultado satisfactorio. Fueron encontradas evidencias satisfactorias de confiabilidad (alfa de Cronbach, 0,76-0,87; y confiabilidad compuesta, 0,85-0,90). Conclusiones: el instrumento demostró evidencias de validez de constructo y consistencia interna y podrá ser utilizado en la práctica.

RESUMO Objetivos: avaliar as propriedades de medida do Instrumento para Avaliação de Competências do Enfermeiro de Prática Avançada - versão brasileira, no ambiente hospitalar. Métodos: estudo metodológico, realizado em um hospital, com 238 enfermeiros. Os dados foram coletados por meio de três instrumentos: ficha para caracterização da amostra; versão brasileira do Instrumento para Avaliação de Competências do Enfermeiro de Prática Avançada; e a categoria "Intervenções Terapêuticas" da Escala de Competência do Enfermeiro. A validade de construto foi verificada por meio da análise fatorial confirmatória e do coeficiente de correlação de Spearman; e a confiabilidade, por meio do alfa de Cronbach e da confiabilidade composta. Resultados: na análise fatorial, o modelo convergiu para um resultado satisfatório. Foram encontradas evidências satisfatórias de confiabilidade (alfa de Cronbach, 0,76-0,87; e confiabilidade composta, 0,85-0,90). Conclusões: o instrumento demonstrou evidências de validade de construto e consistência interna e poderá ser utilizado na prática.

Adaptation and validation of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument.

OBJECTIVE: To adapt and validate the content of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument (APNCAI) to Brazilian culture. METHODS: This is a methodological study that followed the stages of translation, synthesis, back translation, evaluation by a committee of five specialists, pre-test with 31 nurses, and evaluation by the author of the original instrument. The Content Validity Index (minimum 0.90) and the modified Kappa (minimum 0.74) were calculated to evaluate the content. RESULT: In the first round of content evaluation, 18 items had to be altered because they did not reach the minimum values established. Three items have not reached a consensus in the second round and had to be sent to the author of the original version. In the pre-test, 13 items were returned to the specialists because they suffered content changes. CONCLUSION: The Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument (APNCAI) - Brazilian version was cross-culturally adapted, and its content was validated.

Adaptation and validation of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument / Adaptación y validación del Inventario para Evaluación de Competencias em Enfermeras de Práctica Avanzada / Adaptação e validação do Inventario para Evaluación de Competencias en Enfermeras de Práctica Avanzada

ABSTRACT Objective: To adapt and validate the content of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument (APNCAI) to Brazilian culture. Methods: This is a methodological study that followed the stages of translation, synthesis, back translation, evaluation by a committee of five specialists, pre-test with 31 nurses, and evaluation by the author of the original instrument. The Content Validity Index (minimum 0.90) and the modified Kappa (minimum 0.74) were calculated to evaluate the content. Result: In the first round of content evaluation, 18 items had to be altered because they did not reach the minimum values established. Three items have not reached a consensus in the second round and had to be sent to the author of the original version. In the pre-test, 13 items were returned to the specialists because they suffered content changes. Conclusion: The Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument (APNCAI) - Brazilian version was cross-culturally adapted, and its content was validated.

RESUMEN Objetivo: Adaptar y validar el contenido del Inventario para la Evaluación de Competencias en Enfermeras de Práctica Avanzada para la cultura brasileña. Métodos: Estudio metodológico que siguió las etapas de traducción, síntesis, retrotraducción, evaluación por un comité de cinco especialistas, pretest con 31 enfermeros y evaluación por el autor del instrumento original. Para evaluar el contenido, fueron calculados el Índice de Validez de Contenido (mínimo 0,90) y el Kappa modificado (mínimo 0,74). Resultado: En la primera fase de evaluación del contenido, 18 ítems fueron alterados, pues no alcanzaron los valores mínimos establecidos. En la segunda fase, tres ítems no obtuvieron consenso y fueron encaminados para el autor de la versión original. En el pretest, 13 ítems volvieron a los especialistas, pues sufrieron alteración de contenido. Conclusión: El Instrumento para Evaluación de Competencias del Enfermero de Práctica Avanzada - versión brasileña fue adaptado transculturalmente y tuvo su contenido validado.

RESUMO Objetivo: Adaptar e validar o conteúdo do Inventario para la Evaluación de Competencias en Enfermeras de Práctica Avanzada para a cultura brasileira. Métodos: Estudo metodológico que seguiu os estágios de tradução, síntese, retrotradução, avaliação por um comitê de cinco especialistas, pré-teste com 31 enfermeiros e avaliação pelo autor do instrumento original. Para avaliar o conteúdo, foram calculados o Índice de Validade de Conteúdo (mínimo 0,90) e o Kappa modificado (mínimo 0,74). Resultado: Na primeira rodada de avaliação do conteúdo, 18 itens foram alterados, pois não alcançaram os valores mínimos estabelecidos. Na segunda rodada, três itens não obtiveram consenso e foram encaminhados para o autor da versão original. No pré-teste, 13 itens retornaram aos especialistas, pois sofreram alteração de conteúdo. Conclusão: O Instrumento para Avaliação de Competências do Enfermeiro de Prática Avançada - versão brasileira foi adaptado transculturalmente e teve seu conteúdo validado.

Visual analysis of global comparative mapping of the practice domains of the nurse practitioner/advanced practice nursing role in respondent countries.

BACKGROUND: Internationally, there is increasing demand for nurse practitioner (NP) and advanced practice nursing (APN) roles; however, high variability exists in how NP/APN roles are defined and understood. PURPOSE: The aim of this research was to improve our understanding of how the NP/APN is defined globally by: 1) examining role definitions, competencies, and standards of practice for advanced practice nurses internationally; 2) describing from a global perspective the core concepts and common features of NP/APN associated with practice domains; and 3) exploring the utility of text mining and visual analytics in identifying the clustered core concepts common to NP/APN roles organized around the five advanced practice domains of the Strong Advanced Practice Model. METHODS: This article describes the findings of a secondary analysis of an international NP/APN competency mapping project, using innovative text mining and visual analysis techniques to reexamine and summarize the NP/APN role in 19 countries from Africa, Australia, Asia, Europe, and North America. RESULTS: Although weak aggrupation/associations suggest that further work is needed to define the domains of advanced practice with associated model development, visual analysis points to the identification of common concepts and linkages between concepts for each practice domain of advanced practice outlined in the Strong Model. IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE: The secondary text mining and visual analysis presented in this article allows for comparison of core elements between advanced practice role descriptions, standards, and competencies globally to ultimately provide a global perspective on the common features of NP/APN roles and areas where further delineation is required.

Competencias en enfermeras Especialistas y en Enfermeras de Práctica Avanzada / Competences of specialist nurses and advanced practice nurses

Objetivo: Analizar la distribución de competencias avanzadas en enfermeras especialistas y enfermeras de práctica avanzada y evaluar su asociación con algunas características de su perfil profesional. Método: Estudio transversal analítico multicéntrico. Se incluyeron enfermeras que ejercían como Enfermeras de Práctica Avanzada y enfermeras Especialistas. Se midió su nivel de competencias avanzadas percibidas, así como variables de caracterización profesional. Resultados: Doscientas setenta y siete enfermeras participaron (149 ejercían práctica avanzada y 128 especialistas), con una media de 13,88 (11,05) años como especialista y 10,48 (5,32) años como Enfermera de Práctica Avanzada. Un 28,8% tenía nivel de máster o doctorado. El 50,2% ejercía en atención primaria, el 24,9% en hospitales y el 22,7% en salud mental. El nivel global autopercibido fue elevado en las distintas competencias, siendo las dimensiones más bajas las de investigación, práctica basada en la evidencia, gestión de la calidad y seguridad y liderazgo y consultoría. Las Enfermeras de Práctica Avanzada obtuvieron mayor nivel competencial de forma global y en las dimensiones de liderazgo y consultoría, relaciones interprofesionales, gestión de cuidados y promoción de salud. No hubo diferencias en función de la experiencia o la posesión de nivel de máster o de doctorado. En las Enfermeras de Práctica Avanzada el contexto de práctica no influía en los niveles competenciales, aunque en las enfermeras especialistas sí, a favor de las que ejercían en salud mental. Conclusiones: Las enfermeras especialistas y de práctica avanzada tienen competencias distintas que deberían ser gestionadas adecuadamente para el desarrollo de los servicios enfermeros avanzados y especializados

Objective: To analyse the distribution of advanced competences in specialist nurses and advanced practice nurses and to evaluate their association with some characteristics of their professional profile. Method: Multicentre analytical cross-sectional study. Nurses who worked as advanced practice nurses and specialist nurses were included. Their level of perceived advanced competences was measured, as well as sociodemographic and professional characterization variables. Results: A total of 277 nurses participated (149 practised as advanced practice nurses and 128 as specialists), with an average of 13.88 (11.05) years as a specialist and 10.48 (5.32) years as an advanced practice nurse. In the sample, 28.8% had a master's or doctorate level qualification, 50.2% worked in Primary Care, 24.9% in hospitals and 22.7% in Mental Health. The self-perceived global level was high in the different competences, the lowest dimensions being research, evidence-based practice, quality and safety management and leadership and consulting. The advanced practice nurses obtained a higher level of competence globally and in the dimensions of leadership and consulting, interprofessional relations, care management, and health promotion. There were no differences based on experience or possession of a master's degree or doctorate. In the advanced practice nurses, the practice context did not influence competence levels, although in the specialist nurses it did, in favour of those practicing in Mental Health. Conclusions: Specialist and advanced practice nurses have different competences that should be adequately managed for the development of advanced and specialist nursing services

Competences of specialist nurses and advanced practice nurses. / Competencias en enfermeras Especialistas y en Enfermeras de Práctica Avanzada.

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the distribution of advanced competences in specialist nurses and advanced practice nurses and to evaluate their association with some characteristics of their professional profile. METHOD: Multicentre analytical cross-sectional study. Nurses who worked as advanced practice nurses and specialist nurses were included. Their level of perceived advanced competences was measured, as well as sociodemographic and professional characterization variables. RESULTS: A total of 277 nurses participated (149 practised as advanced practice nurses and 128 as specialists), with an average of 13.88 (11.05) years as a specialist and 10.48 (5.32) years as an advanced practice nurse. In the sample, 28.8% had a master's or doctorate level qualification, 50.2% worked in Primary Care, 24.9% in hospitals and 22.7% in Mental Health. The self-perceived global level was high in the different competences, the lowest dimensions being research, evidence-based practice, quality and safety management and leadership and consulting. The advanced practice nurses obtained a higher level of competence globally and in the dimensions of leadership and consulting, interprofessional relations, care management, and health promotion. There were no differences based on experience or possession of a master's degree or doctorate. In the advanced practice nurses, the practice context did not influence competence levels, although in the specialist nurses it did, in favour of those practicing in Mental Health. CONCLUSIONS: Specialist and advanced practice nurses have different competences that should be adequately managed for the development of advanced and specialist nursing services.

Enfermeras de práctica avanzada y práctica basada en evidencias. Una oportunidad para el cambio / Advanced practice nurses and evidence-based practice. An opportunity for change

En un contexto de envejecimiento de la población, aumento en la prevalencia de enfermedades crónicas y creciente complejidad, se hace necesario definir nuevos roles profesionales que consigan dar respuesta a las necesidades de salud de la población. A ello se une la certeza de que la variabilidad en la práctica clínica, así como en la gestión sanitaria, hace necesaria la adopción de las mejores evidencias como base de la toma de decisiones. Pero la aplicación de la práctica clínica basada en evidencia en un determinado contexto implica un amplio dominio de la evidencia disponible, su aplicabilidad y limitaciones, así como una profunda comprensión de las características particulares del ámbito en que se pretende aplicar, desde el nivel «macro» (políticas de salud, normativa marco, líneas estratégicas, valores sociales, etc.) hasta el «micro» (cultura local, preferencias de los usuarios, etc.). El Servei de Salut de les Illes Balears, en colaboración con la Facultad de Enfermería y Fisioterapia de la Universitat de les Illes Balears, propone el desarrollo de nuevos roles enfermeros de práctica avanzada que focalicen sus esfuerzos en la implementación planificada de evidencias en entornos clínicos. Las enfermeras de práctica avanzada han conseguido de manera natural, gracias a su desarrollo competencial, ejercer el papel de impulsoras de cambios organizacionales y actitudinales que facilitan la implementación de evidencia en organizaciones y entornos complejos

In a context of aging of the population, increased prevalence of chronic diseases and increasing complexity, it is necessary to define new professional roles that can meet the health needs of the population. Added to this is the certainty that variability in clinical practice, as well as in health management, makes it necessary to use best evidence as the basis for decision-making. But the application of clinical practice based on evidence in a specific context implies a broad mastery of the available evidence, its applicability and limitations, as well as a deep understanding of the particular characteristics of the area where it is to be applied, from the "macro" (health policies, framework regulations, strategic lines, social values, etc.) to the "micro" level (local culture, user preferences, etc.). The "Health Service of the Balearic Islands", in collaboration with the Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy from the University of the Balearic Islands, proposes the development of new advanced practice nursing roles that focus their efforts on the planned implementation of evidence in clinical settings. Advanced practice nurses have managed naturally, thanks to their competence development, to exercise the role of promoting organizational and attitudinal changes that facilitate the implementation of evidence in organizations and complex environments

Advanced practice nurses and evidence-based practice. An opportunity for change. / Enfermeras de práctica avanzada y práctica basada en evidencias. Una oportunidad para el cambio.

In a context of aging of the population, increased prevalence of chronic diseases and increasing complexity, it is necessary to define new professional roles that can meet the health needs of the population. Added to this is the certainty that variability in clinical practice, as well as in health management, makes it necessary to use best evidence as the basis for decision-making. But the application of clinical practice based on evidence in a specific context implies a broad mastery of the available evidence, its applicability and limitations, as well as a deep understanding of the particular characteristics of the area where it is to be applied, from the "macro" (health policies, framework regulations, strategic lines, social values, etc.) to the "micro" level (local culture, user preferences, etc.). The "Health Service of the Balearic Islands", in collaboration with the Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy from the University of the Balearic Islands, proposes the development of new advanced practice nursing roles that focus their efforts on the planned implementation of evidence in clinical settings. Advanced practice nurses have managed naturally, thanks to their competence development, to exercise the role of promoting organizational and attitudinal changes that facilitate the implementation of evidence in organizations and complex environments.

Health Sciences-Evidence Based Practice questionnaire (HS-EBP) for measuring transprofessional evidence-based practice: Creation, development and psychometric validation.

INTRODUCTION: Most of the EBP measuring instruments available to date present limitations both in the operationalisation of the construct and also in the rigour of their psychometric development, as revealed in the literature review performed. The aim of this paper is to provide rigorous and adequate reliability and validity evidence of the scores of a new transdisciplinary psychometric tool, the Health Sciences Evidence-Based Practice (HS-EBP), for measuring the construct EBP in Health Sciences professionals. METHODS: A pilot study and a subsequent two-stage validation test sample were conducted to progressively refine the instrument until a reduced 60-item version with a five-factor latent structure. Reliability was analysed through both Cronbach's alpha coefficient and intraclass correlations (ICC). Latent structure was contrasted using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) following a model comparison aproach. Evidence of criterion validity of the scores obtained was achieved by considering attitudinal resistance to change, burnout, and quality of professional life as criterion variables; while convergent validity was assessed using the Spanish version of the Evidence-Based Practice Questionnaire (EBPQ-19). RESULTS: Adequate evidence of both reliability and ICC was obtained for the five dimensions of the questionnaire. According to the CFA model comparison, the best fit corresponded to the five-factor model (RMSEA = 0.049; CI 90% RMSEA = [0.047; 0.050]; CFI = 0.99). Adequate criterion and convergent validity evidence was also provided. Finally, the HS-EBP showed the capability to find differences between EBP training levels as an important evidence of decision validity. CONCLUSIONS: Reliability and validity evidence obtained regarding the HS-EBP confirm the adequate operationalisation of the EBP construct as a process put into practice to respond to every clinical situation arising in the daily practice of professionals in health sciences (transprofessional). The tool could be useful for EBP individual assessment and for evaluating the impact of specific interventions to improve EBP.

Desarrollo competencial y clima organizacional para el desempeño de una práctica avanzada de los profesionales de Enfermería / Competency development and organizational environment for performance of advanced practice by Nursing professionals

Objetivo: evaluar el grado de desarrollo del nivel competencial de las enfermeras de las Illes Balears relacionado con la autopercepción de los factores individuales para el desarrollo de una práctica basada en la evidencia y cultura y factores organizacionales. Método: se llevó a cabo un estudio descriptivo transversal sobre la población de profesionales de Enfermería colegiados de las Illes Balears, basado en una participación voluntaria en un proceso de autoevaluación mediante encuesta online sobre la plataforma Limesurvey ®. Las escalas de medida fueron tres escalas de competencias generales, específicas y avanzadas de Enfermería para el análisis del desarrollo competencial, así como el Nursing Work Index para medir el clima organizacional. Resultados: 600 enfermeras y enfermeros de diversos ámbitos asistenciales completaron satisfactoriamente la encuesta. El análisis arrojó resultados globales de un clima organizacional con puntuaciones moderadas-bajas, mientras que los resultados de las competencias generales y específicas puntuaban aceptablemente frente a las competencias avanzadas que puntuaron bajo en general. Discusión y conclusiones: existe una relación directa entre años de profesión y empeoramiento de la percepción del contexto organizacional. Por otro lado, y con independencia del ámbito asistencial, las competencias generales y específicas con las que los profesionales egresan de la universidad se mantienen en niveles medios-altos a lo largo de los años de profesión. No ocurre así con las competencias avanzadas que en general puntúan bajo y se ven influencias de manera directamente proporcional por el clima organizacional (AU)

Objectives: to evaluate the degree of development of the competency level of nurses in the Balearic Islands regarding selfperception of individual factors for the development of a practice based on evidence and culture and organizational factors. Method: a descriptive transversal study on the population of the Nursing professionals registered in the Balearic Islands, based on voluntary participation in a self-assessment process through online survey with the Limesurvey® platform. The measurement scales were three scales for overall, specific and advanced competencies in Nursing for the analysis of competency development, as well as the Nursing Work Index in order to measure the organizational environment. Results: six hundred (600) female and male nurses from different healthcare settings completed successfully the survey. The analysis showed overall results of an organizational environment with moderate-low scores, while general and specific competencies showed an acceptable score vs. advanced competencies, with overall low scores. Discussion and conclusions: there is a direct relationship between years in the profession and a worse perception of the organizational setting. On the other hand, and regardless of the healthcare setting, the overall and specific competencies which professionals have when they complete their University studies are maintained in medium-high levels throughout their years in the profession. This is not the case with advanced competencies, which show an overall low score, and have a directly proportional influence by the organisational environment (AU)

Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument (APNCAI): clinimetric validation.

OBJECTIVE: To describe the development and clinimetric validation of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument (APNCAI) through several evidence sources about reliability and validity in the Spanish context. DESIGN AND SETTING: APNCAI development was based on a multisequential and systematic process: literature review, instrument content consensus through qualitative Delphi method approach (a panel of 51 Advanced Practice in Nursing -APN- experts was selected) and the clinimetric validation process based on a sample of 600 nurses from the Balearic Islands public healthcare setting. METHODS: An initial step for tool's content development process based on Delphi method approach of expert consensus was implemented. A subsequent phase of tool validation started from the analysis of APN core competencies latent measurement model, including exploratory and confirmatory techniques. Reliability evidence for each latent factor was also obtained. Items' scores were submitted to descriptive analysis, plus univariate and multivariate normality tests. RESULTS: An eight-factor competency assessment latent model obtained adequate fit, and it was composed by 'Research and Evidence-Based Practice', 'Clinical and Professional Leadership', 'Interprofessional Relationship and Mentoring', 'Professional Autonomy', 'Quality Management', 'Care Management', 'Professional Teaching and Education' and 'Health Promotion'. CONCLUSIONS: Adequate empirical evidence of reliability and validity for APNCAI makes it useful for application in healthcare policy programmes for APN competency assessment in Spain.

Content validity of a health science evidence-based practice questionnaire (HS-EBP) with a web-based modified Delphi approach.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a tool for measuring evidence-based practice (EBP) and to evaluate its content validity by Delphi technique. A five-factor/dimensions latent structure for the EBP construct was defined a priori and operationalized. DESIGN: Online Delphi technique. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: A group of 32 national EBP experts from different health professions. INTERVENTION: The experts rated the initial questionnaire items according to adequacy and relevance criteria using four-point Likert scales and including open fields for suggestions, with basic and supplementary criteria consensus established a priori. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Level of consensus in the Content Validity Index Item. RESULTS: An EBP construct solution was designed with the elements that constitute the operationalization proposal of the EBP. This initial version consisted of 76 items, whereas the version arising from the Delphi study was made up of 73 items. In the first round, 13 items did not reach the minimum level of consensus, and 12 of these were reformulated. Three additional items were removed in the second round. CONCLUSIONS: A new psychometric tool forms measuring EBP with a five-factor structure, and 73 items obtained adequate content validity evidence based on expert opinion.

Description of Advanced Practice Nurses Interventions Through the Nursing Interventions Classification in Different Care Settings for Older People: A Qualitative Study.

PURPOSE: To identify the interventions provided by advanced practice nurses to older people in different contexts with standardized nursing language. DATA SOURCE: This is a qualitative study. Content analysis was applied to the texts of experimental research papers about advanced practice nursing for older people. Deductive coding through the Nursing Intervention Classification was carried out. DATA SYNTHESIS: Seventy-three interventions codified with the Nursing Intervention Classification were extracted, mainly related to the behavioral and healthcare system domains, which could be explained due to the need for improving the psychosocial functioning and self-care of these patients to preserve their quality of life. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATION FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Advanced practice nurses interventions can be better described, reported, and analyzed along different contexts with standardized languages.

[Consensus on competencies for advanced nursing practice in Spain]. / Consenso sobre competencias para la enfermería de práctica avanzada en España.

INTRODUCTION: There is a lack of international consensus on the exact definition and core competencies of advanced practice nursing (APN) roles, a problem particularly acute in our national context due to the lack of APN role development, which has a significantly short history in our country. The main objective of this paper was the delineation of the competence framework for Advanced Practice Nurses in our national context based on expert consensus through the Delphi method METHOD: Based on a preliminary literature review process, a conglomerate of 17 domains of competence (clusters of related competencies) were identified. This initial set was revised, refined and validated by a group of expert panellists on the subject (clinicians, researchers, managers, and teachers) through successive rounds in search of a suitable consensus on each of the various proposed items RESULTS: The results helped to establish a solid foundation in the form of a skills map that could identify those sets of more specific competencies for advanced practice roles, regardless of regulatory and professional practice context, identifying domains such as Research and Evidence Based Practice, Clinical and Professional Leadership, or Care Management DISCUSSION: This set of skills related to advanced practice roles in our environment can delineate competency standards common to this level of nursing practice, and serve as a reference for policy development, a review of roles, or the establishment of academic profiles.