“…Indeed, more recent literature has addressed the concept of, and debate regarding, a blended role for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse (Cotroneo, Kurlowicz, Outlaw, Burgess, & Evans, 2001;Naegle & Krainovich-Miller, 2001;Scharer, Boyd, Williams, & Head, 2003;Williams et al, 1998). A frequent topic concerns blending the nurse practitioner (NP) and CNS roles.…”