,HEALTH
POLICY AND
ADVANCED
PRACTICE
NURSING
I M PA C T A N D I M P L I C AT ION S
KELLY A. GOUDREAU
MARY C. SMOLENSKI
EDITORS
, Health Policy and
Advanced Practice
Nursing
, Kelly A. Goudreau, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, is the Associate Director Patient
Care Services/Nurse Executive at the Veterans Affairs Southern Oregon Rehabilitation
Center and Clinics (VA SORCC). Dr. Goudreau has administrative responsibility for
a number of patient care services such as Audiology, Chaplain, Nutrition and Food
Services, Radiology, Laboratory, Infirmary Nursing Staff, Infection Control, Infusion
Center, Occupational Health, Sleep Lab, Wound Care, Home-Based Primary Care,
Home Telehealth, and Sterile Processing Services. She has been working at local,
regional, and national levels in the development of policy that has a specific impact
on advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) as a member of the Joint Dialogue
Group that created the APRN Consensus Paper. As a champion for APRNs (Clinical
Nurse Specialists in particular) and originally completing her generic baccalaureate
nursing program in Canada, she sees the health policy implications from an inter-
national perspective. She is a past president of the National Association of Clinical
Nurse Specialists and is an Associate Editor of Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for
Advanced Nursing Practice.
Mary C. Smolenski, EdD, MS, FNP, FAANP, is a consultant and family nurse
practitioner with a career path that spans the health care field in a variety of areas such
as nurse practitioner education, government contracting, the military, primary care,
independent practice, and associations with an emphasis on certification and accred-
itation. She is a retired Air Force Reserve Colonel flight nurse and a Fellow of the
American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She served as Director of Certification
Services at the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for 11 years in which
she devoted a significant portion of her role to advanced practice issues. She was a
member of the APRN Consensus Process Work Group during the development of
the APRN Consensus Paper. She was active on several accreditation nonprofit boards
and has presented and published on certification, competency, advanced practice
nursing, and on-line portfolios. Her initial work on portfolios while at ANCC paved
the way for specialty nursing recognition process through on-line portfolios.
POLICY AND
ADVANCED
PRACTICE
NURSING
I M PA C T A N D I M P L I C AT ION S
KELLY A. GOUDREAU
MARY C. SMOLENSKI
EDITORS
, Health Policy and
Advanced Practice
Nursing
, Kelly A. Goudreau, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, FAAN, is the Associate Director Patient
Care Services/Nurse Executive at the Veterans Affairs Southern Oregon Rehabilitation
Center and Clinics (VA SORCC). Dr. Goudreau has administrative responsibility for
a number of patient care services such as Audiology, Chaplain, Nutrition and Food
Services, Radiology, Laboratory, Infirmary Nursing Staff, Infection Control, Infusion
Center, Occupational Health, Sleep Lab, Wound Care, Home-Based Primary Care,
Home Telehealth, and Sterile Processing Services. She has been working at local,
regional, and national levels in the development of policy that has a specific impact
on advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) as a member of the Joint Dialogue
Group that created the APRN Consensus Paper. As a champion for APRNs (Clinical
Nurse Specialists in particular) and originally completing her generic baccalaureate
nursing program in Canada, she sees the health policy implications from an inter-
national perspective. She is a past president of the National Association of Clinical
Nurse Specialists and is an Associate Editor of Clinical Nurse Specialist: The Journal for
Advanced Nursing Practice.
Mary C. Smolenski, EdD, MS, FNP, FAANP, is a consultant and family nurse
practitioner with a career path that spans the health care field in a variety of areas such
as nurse practitioner education, government contracting, the military, primary care,
independent practice, and associations with an emphasis on certification and accred-
itation. She is a retired Air Force Reserve Colonel flight nurse and a Fellow of the
American Association of Nurse Practitioners. She served as Director of Certification
Services at the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) for 11 years in which
she devoted a significant portion of her role to advanced practice issues. She was a
member of the APRN Consensus Process Work Group during the development of
the APRN Consensus Paper. She was active on several accreditation nonprofit boards
and has presented and published on certification, competency, advanced practice
nursing, and on-line portfolios. Her initial work on portfolios while at ANCC paved
the way for specialty nursing recognition process through on-line portfolios.
