While the role of the nurse within theatre is yet to be defined (NATN has set up a working party to define this), some theatre practitioners are being described as advanced practitioners and certain types of theatre practice are being labelled as advanced or extended. What constitutes advanced practice has implications for theatre practitioners, their professional development, their competency-based salaries and how they are viewed by other nurses outside their specialism.
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