Attributes of specialist nurse and advanced nurse practitioners
| Specialist nursing practice | Advanced nursing practice | |||
| Essential | Additional | Essential | Additional | |
| Experience | Long-term clinical experience | Long-term clinical experience | ||
| Qualifications | Qualification in specialist field (BSc) | MA/MSc | MA/MSc | Qualification in specialist field |
| Role functions | Prescribing Linking with other agencies/coordination Research Quality improvement | Diagnosing Assessing Leadership management Teaching Education | Autonomous practice Diagnosing/assessing/physical examination/admitting Prescribing Leadership/management Staff development/supervision Research Quality improvement Promote evidence-based practice Teaching/education | Inter-professional working |
| Additional nursing competences | Advanced communication skills | Advanced communication skills | Critical appraisal | |
Reproduced from [17].