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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Healthcare Management
  • Global Health

Background:

  • Advanced practice nurses (APNs) possess graduate education and expanded practice scopes.
  • Specialized training in wound care offers APNs significant opportunities to enhance patient outcomes.
  • Understanding the global variations in APN-led wound care is crucial for standardizing best practices.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a comprehensive scoping review of the global literature on wound care provided by advanced practice nurses.
  • To identify and analyze the similarities and differences in wound care practices among various APN roles (e.g., nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists).
  • To map the scope of practice, settings, and treatments utilized by APNs in wound management worldwide.

Main Methods:

  • Adherence to the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for scoping reviews.
  • Systematic searches of major databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, etc.) for articles published since 2011.
  • Independent review of titles, abstracts, and full texts by two reviewers, with data extraction on wound types, settings, and treatments.

Main Results:

  • The review synthesizes current literature on APN-led wound care globally.
  • Identifies commonalities and divergences in APN approaches to wound management.
  • Highlights the diverse roles and settings in which APNs deliver specialized wound care.

Conclusions:

  • Advanced practice nurses play a vital role in global wound care, demonstrating varied yet specialized expertise.
  • Further research can refine understanding and promote standardized, evidence-based wound care interventions by APNs worldwide.
  • This review provides a foundation for future studies on APN scope of practice in wound management.