title: Development of specialist and advanced practice in North America.
abstract: North American literature provides interesting ideas about the nature of specialist and advanced practice which are useful in informing British thinking on these subjects. However, the two roles do not have the same meanings as their British counterparts. Clarification of the terminology used and the roles described are essential if we are to understand the concepts. This article presents an overview of the literature about clinical nurse specialist and advanced practitioner roles within North America and identifies differences and similarities between the two.
authors.affiliation: Health and Social Research Centre, Faculty of Health and Social Services, Edgbaston, Birmingham.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: McGee
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009656:North America; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D009626:Terminology as Topic