Several student nurses are discussing advanced practice, and know that the term advanced practice ...

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Rationale 1: A nurse practitioner must have additional education and experience to hold advanced practice status.
Rationale 2: A certified nurse-midwife must have additional education and experience to hold advanced practice status.
Rationale 3: A clinical nurse specialist must have additional education and experience to hold advanced practice status.
Rationale 4: Although certified registered nurses have more education and experience, they take a certification exam rather than a licensure exam.
Rationale 5: The professional nurse has graduated from a basic nursing education program and successfully completed the NCLEX exam, and is not considered an advanced practice nurse.