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Running head: DERIVING CONSENSUS ON ADVANCED PRACTICE
Deriving Consensus on the Characteristics of Advanced Practice Nursing:
Meta-summary of More Than Two Decades of Research
Dr Marie Hutchinson RN, RM, PhD
Senior Lecturer
School of Health and Human Science
Southern Cross University
PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW
Australia
Email: marie.hutchinson@scu.edu.au
Phone: +61 0407999833
Dr Helen Stasa BA (Hons), BA (Hons), PhD
Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Sydney Nursing School
The University of Sydney
T +61 2 9351 0820
E Helen.Stasa@sydney.edu.au
Dr Leah East BN (Hons), PhD
Senior Lecturer
School of Health and Human Science
Southern Cross University
PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW
Australia
Email: leah.east@scu.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 6626 9333
Professor Debra Jackson RN, PhD
Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health
University of Technology Sydney
PO Box 123, Broadway, NSW
Australia
Email: Debra.jackson@uts.edu.au
Phone: +61295144817
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