Mary Fran Tracy

Mary Fran Tracy, PhD, RN, APRN, CCNS, FCNS, FAAN, received her BSN from the University of Iowa, and earned an MS in Medical-Surgical Nursing and a PhD in Nursing from the University of Minnesota.  She practiced as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA for more than 20 years, the majority of that time in critical care. She is currently Associate Professor, Assistant Dean for the PhD Program and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Minnesota, School of Nursing. 

Dr. Tracy’s research area is primarily in symptom management of acute and critically ill patients. She is a Past President of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses and past Board member of the AACN Certification Corporation and the American Thoracic Society. Dr. Tracy is a long-standing active member of the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists and a co-founder of the Minnesota Affiliate of NACNS. She has been a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing since 2004 and is an inaugural Fellow in the CNS Institute. 

Dr. Tracy serves as Editor-in-Chief of the journal AACN Advanced Critical Care and has numerous publications and presentations. Dr. Tracy joined the Hamric and Hanson’s Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approach team as an author with the 4th edition, Co-Editor with the 5th edition and Lead Editor for the 6th and 7th editions of the book.  

Hamric’s Model of Advanced Practice Nursing: Its Foundation and Future

The Hamric Model of Advanced Practice Nursing was originally developed in 1996 and was based on early conceptual work of the clinical nurse specialist role in the United States.  Hamric proposed the model from an integrative perspective of advanced practice nursing from all specialties with an emphasis on essential primary criteria and core competencies.  While the Hamric model has evolved over time, reflecting the dynamic nature of advanced practice nursing in meeting the needs of patients as well as incorporating evidence from research and theoretical perspectives, the fundamental features of the model have remained relatively constant.  This session will review the development and core features of the Hamric model and discuss its current and potential future impact globally.