title: Proving the value of advanced roles.
abstract: Nurses have been moving into advanced practice roles since the 1990s. In some areas, the numbers have increased owing to shortages of junior doctors. However, there is concern about excessive variability in the roles and the lack of formal regulation--a gap that increases the responsibility on employers to check standards, Here front line nurses explain what they have achieved in advanced roles and reveal their concerns for the future.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D024802:Nurse's Role; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013222:State Medicine; D014852:Wales