title: Changes in the roles and responsibilities of nurses.
abstract: There is still confusion over expanded and extended nursing roles. Role extension often involves a task-centred approach to adopting traditional medical responsibilities. The "augmented role' describes a way of legitimising this extension of the nursing role.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitchinson
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D017009:Professional Autonomy