title: An essential piece of nursing's future: The continued development of the nurse practitioner as expert clinician and scientist.
authors.affiliation: Matrix Medical Network, Scottsdale, AZ.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wysocki
authors.forename: Patricia C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Underwood
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kelly-Weeder
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000592:standards; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*