ANP master's degree in Advanced Nursing Practice (Information and downloads for students)

The master's degree programme in Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP) is extra-occupational and consecutive. The standard period of study is 5 semesters. The learning formats are tailored to the needs of working professionals, for example as block sessions in the form of synchronous online teaching or face-to-face sessions, as well as self-study via e-learning.

Full details of the fees can be found in the fee schedule for the Advanced Nursing Practice master's degree programme.

The German APN & ANP Network (g.e.V.) and the APN & ANP Academic Society, Southern Regional Group

The German Network APN & ANP g.e.V. aims to promote networking amongst Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) and to foster an understanding of Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) and Advanced Nursing Practice (ANP).

The APN & ANP Academic Professional Association, Southern Regional Group, promotes a fruitful exchange between nursing professionals at regional level in southern Germany.

Main objectives of rAFG South:

• Networking and public relations to raise the profile of APN & ANP and make them more accessible to all stakeholders in the healthcare sector

• Enhanced collaboration between universities, clinical institutions across all sectors and individuals specialising in advanced nursing practice (ANP)

• Role development and refining the self-image of APNs

• The development of specialist discourse and the establishment of a culture of research

• Creating a profile for an APN

• the development and application of ethical skills at ANP level

• Implementation and legitimisation of ANP as an expanded and more in-depth nursing practice

Particular emphasis is placed on ensuring that the development of ANP is needs-based, based on the premise that the development of care is always conceived in conjunction with the development of needs- and requirements-oriented care for clients.

The 2019 and 2020 ANP conferences in southern Germany are the result of the excellent collaboration between rAFG Süd and the three Bavarian universities offering ANP master's degrees, and are set to continue on an annual basis. Take a look at the proceedings of the 2nd ANP Conference.

If you would like to find out more or have any questions about the network, please contact the President of the Southern Regional Group: Prof. Dr. Christine Boldt

The next ANP conference organised by the Academic Society of the South will take place on 28 November 2024 in Regensburg. Further information can be found in theleaflet for the 2024 ANP conference.

• study and examination regulations
• course timetable
• Module Handbook

The topics for our students’ Master’s theses are as varied as their day-to-day work. Just as you, as an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN), will develop your roles within your nursing setting, so too will you, in the final phase of the ANP programme, work with your Supervisor to choose a Master’s thesis topic that is right for you.

Are you looking for inspiration? Our ANP students have successfully covered the following topics:

• Caring for the Carers
• Preventing violence in long-term residential care by building staff members' resilience
• Challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic
• The development of practically-oriented recommendations for action within a charity for people with disabilities through advanced practice nursing
• Development of a practical training programme at a full-service psychiatric hospital
• Assessment of NANDA-I nursing diagnoses in elective alcohol withdrawal on a toxicology ward – a mixed-methods study at a German university hospital
• Development of a psychiatric nursing consultation and liaison service for the somatic departments and wards at a university hospital. A needs analysis
• Push and pull factors for advanced practice nurses – findings from a qualitative survey
• HIV-related stigma in nursing care in German hospitals. A qualitative study
• Self-management in the daily lives of working patients following a first episode of acute coronary syndrome and coronary intervention
• Analysis of home-based care for adults with autism spectrum disorder

Would you like to find out more about one or more of the Master’s theses? Please contact us by email. We’d also be happy to put you in touch with the authors.