The Role and Practice of Clinical Nurse Specialist in Taiwan

The objectives of this chapter are to help readers to (1) trace the historic development of advanced nursing practice in Taiwan; (2) identify the conceptualization and cooperative teamwork model of advanced nursing practice in Taiwan; (3) describe the core competencies of advanced practice nursing, the outcomes measures, and evaluation of competencies in different healthcare facilities; (4) distinguish the educational preparation and practice roles; (5) explore challenges and future opportunities in advanced nursing practice development; and finally (6) discuss a brief case of the impacts of advanced practice nursing in significantly reducing the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia in a large acute hospital setting in Taiwan.