No longer a nurse and not a doctor, the NP sits on the fence in the middle

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No longer a nurse and not a doctor, the NP sits on the fence in the middle

By Chelsea Wilmott
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Sitting on the fence between clinical colleagues is not an easy place to be

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It’s no one’s fault, but nurse practitioners are a misunderstood group, writes the deconstructed and medicalised Chelsea Willmott

Nurse practitioner is a strange title and, in every sense, being one is like sitting on a fence. You suddenly start to learn the deep intricacie