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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:

Phone: +61 0407999833

Dr Helen StasaBA (Hons), BA (Hons), PhD

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Sydney Nursing School

The University of Sydney

T +61 2 9351 0820
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Dr Leah East BN (Hons), PhD

Senior Lecturer

School of Health and Human Science

Southern Cross University

PO Box 157, Lismore, NSW

Australia

Email:

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:

Phone: +61295144817

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