Models of Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP) are being developed in countries within our setting involving different scopes. Even though in specific sites of our country, these advance nursing practices have been implemented for a long time now, they have not as of yet being explicitly acknowledged.
In very specific settings such as Oral Anticoagulation Therapy Units, and following the recommendations issued by the Spanish Association of Hematology and Hemotherapy (AEHH), measures are being adopted which bear the characteristic elements of Advanced Nursing Practices.
This work described the organisational change experience that is being
carried out at the Oral Anticoagulation Therapy Unit of the Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria via a multidisciplinary collaboration agreement that is still under development. All patients with INR controls within their therapeutic range are followed up directly by the unit´s nurses, which presently account for 60% of the total number of daily visits. Patients seeking consultation for the first time are seen by the nurse who takes their medical history and provides patient education.
Lastly, some thoughts on the development of ANP in our country are included­ in the paper for consideration.