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(1)A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced
practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability
for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty.
(2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing
education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse
practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice
requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and
social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family
nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners,
obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners. Source:
(1)American Nurses' Association, American Nurses Credentialing Center, 1996 Certification
Catalogue. (2) ) Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations and Acronyms
for the Era of Reform, The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations,
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois: 1994, p. 549.
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