Part four: Health professions

The doctor, after consultation with the advanced practice nurse(s), determines the patients to whom monitoring by an advanced practice nurse is proposed. This decision is taken after examining the patient’s medical records and with reference to the skills attested by the advanced practice nurse’s state diploma, awarded by the university. The provisions of the first paragraph do not apply when the advanced practice nurse intervenes in application of the second…

The doctor informs the patient of the planned arrangements for his or her care by the advanced practice nurse. When the patient is an adult subject to a legal protection measure relating to the person, this protocol is also given to the person in charge of such a measure with representation and, if the person concerned expressly consents, to the person in charge of such a measure with assistance. These…

As part of the team, the advanced practice nurse contributes to the analysis and evaluation of professional nursing practices and to their improvement, as well as to the dissemination and appropriation of evidence-based data. He/she participates in the evaluation of the team’s training needs and in the development of training initiatives. He/she contributes to the production of knowledge by participating in research work relating to nursing practice.

Nurses are authorised to work in advanced practice in one of the areas of intervention provided for in article R. 4301-2, if they meet the following conditions: 1° Obtain the State diploma in advanced practice nursing awarded by universities under the conditions defined in article D. 636-81 of the Education Code, in the field corresponding to the area of intervention; 2° Provide proof of at least three years’ full-time equivalent…

The nurse in training for the advanced practice nurse State diploma may take part in the activities and acts mentioned in article R. 4301-3 within the framework specified in article R. 4301-1, in the presence of a nurse holding the advanced practice nurse State diploma or, if not, a doctor.