title: Setting up nurse practitioner roles: issues in practice.
abstract: This article examines the process of developing a nurse practitioner role. Areas which must be considered before and during the implementation of such a role are general and may be applied to any area of practice, although examples here are from the author's own practice.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marsden
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017009:Professional Autonomy