The International Advanced Practice Nurse Integration Policy Intervention Taxonomy: A 10-Country Nominal Group Consensus Technique Study

To develop an international taxonomy of policy interventions for integrating advanced practice nurses into health systems.

Advanced practice nurse integration is the extent to which advanced practice nurses can function to the full extent of their education and scope of practice and contribute to better outcomes. Several barriers to integration are common across countries, such as an ill-defined scope of practice, lacking leadership engagement, and insufficient knowledge of the role. Barriers are attributed to a dearth of knowledge on evidence-based policy interventions guiding integration.