The definitive resource for advanced practice within nursing and the allied health professions-revised, expanded, and updated throughout. Advanced practice is an established and continuously evolving part of healthcare workforces around the world as a level of practice beyond initial registration. Advanced practitioners are equipped to improve health, prevent disease, and provide treatment and care for patients in a diverse range of settings. This comprehensively revised fourth edition emphasises the importance of practice in advanced healthcare, presenting a critical examination of advanced practice roles in nursing and allied health professions through a series of learning features designed to facilitate the development of vital knowledge and skills. Advanced Practice in Healthcare presents: * International developments in advanced practice as a global response to the need to modernise services, reduce costs and increase access to healthcare services * Country-specific examples of advanced practitioners' roles in delivering patient care in diverse settings * The impact of advanced practice in nursing and the allied health professions * Controversial issues including prescribing, regulation and credentialing, and the interface with medical practice * Ethical and legal dimensions of advanced practice * The preparation of advanced practitioners Advanced Practice in Healthcare is an essential resource for all students, practitioners, managers and researchers of advanced practice in healthcare.