Research and value.
The time of the advanced practice nurse has certainly arrived. Whether it can be sustained into the future depends on how much evidence of value the role can produce. Value must serve as the focus of research activities for the foreseeable future.
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Tim Porter-O'Grady Associates, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000191:economics*