title: The politics of advanced practice: an interview with Roxane Spitzer-Lehmann. Interview by Cheryl Slagle King.
abstract: Teamed with the economic reality of the spiraling cost of health care and the nation's search for alternative providers, advanced practice nurses (APNs) are strategically positioned for maximum opportunity. In this article, Cheryl Slagle King, Associate Editor of APNQ, interviews Roxane Spitzer-Lehman, Professor and Associate Dean for Practice Management at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, who shares her views and experiences in the utilization of APNs in innovative practice settings.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spitzer-Lehmann
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D011057:Politics