%0 Journal Article
%T Advancing Nursing Practice: The Emergence of the Role of Advanced Practice Nurse in Saudi Arabia
%A Adel W. Harb
%A Ahmad E. Aboshaiqah
%A Alison Leary
%A Debra Forestell
%A Denise Hibbert
%A Kathy A. Sienko
%A Laura Serrant
%A Patricia F. Brennan
%A Patricia W. Kelley
%A Shadia A. Yousuf
%J Archive of "Annals of Saudi Medicine".
%D 2017
%R 10.5144/0256-4947.2017.72
%X The roots of advanced practice nursing (APN) can be traced back to the 1890s, but the nurse practitioner (NP) emerged in Western countries during the 1960s in response to the unmet healthcare needs of populations in rural areas. These early NPs utilized the medical model of care to assess, diagnose and treat. Nursing has since grown as a profession, with its own unique and distinguishable, holistic, science-based knowledge, which is complementary within the multidisciplinary team. Today, APNs demonstrate nursing expertise in clinical practice, education, research and leadership, and are no longer perceived as ˇ°physician replacementsˇ± or assistants. Saudi Arabia has yet to define, legislate or regulate APN
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6148983/