,Advanced Practice
Nursing
,Michaelene P. Jansen, PhD, RN-C, GNP-BC, NP-C, is a clinical professor of nursing
in the School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She also works as
a family and gerontological nurse practitioner in pulmonary medicine at UW Health
in Madison, Wisconsin. Her professional career includes advanced practice nursing
in primary care, chronic pain, and pulmonary medicine, particularly the care of
adult cystic fibrosis patients. Her professional nursing career includes critical care,
neurosciences, and trauma. She was co-editor of the previous three editions of this
text and editor of Managing Pain in the Older Adult, also published by Springer
Publishing.
Mary Zwygart-Stauffacher, PhD, RN, GNP/GCNS-BC, FAAN, is interim dean and
professor in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of
Wisconsin–Eau Claire. She also practices as a gerontological nurse practitioner
and gerontological clinical nurse specialist for the Red Cedar Clinic/Mayo Health
System–Nursing Home Services. She is a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-
funded co-principal investigator examining multilevel interventions to promote
quality improvement in the nursing home setting. She has extensive experience in
gerontological advanced practice nursing, nursing education and quality improve-
ment in long-term care. She is the co-editor of the previous edition of this text,
in addition to being the author of numerous national presentations, publications,
and books.
, Advanced
Practice Nursing
Core Concepts for
Professional Role
Development
FOURTH EDITION
MICHAELENE P. JANSEN, PhD, RN-C,
GNP-BC, NP-C
MARY ZWYGART-STAUFFACHER, PhD,
RN, GNP/GCNS-BC, FAAN