Career advice
Advanced clinical practitioners: we are not doctors-by-another-name
The advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) role is a widely misunderstood and its use by some NHS providers risks patient safety, a doctors’ union claims. ACPs may be advanced nurse practitioners or come from other groups including pharmacists and paramedics. A nurse ACP outlines why the role is neither doctor substitute nor ‘just a senior nurse’. Plus, career advice if you aspire to become an ACP.
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