TABLE 3.

Attributes, antecedents and consequences of the nurse practitioners' added value

			Boeijen et al. (2020)	Fanta et al. (2006)	Hyde et al. (2020)	Kaasalainen et al. (2010)	Kilpatrick (2013)	Leidel et al. (2018)	Lovink et al. (2018)	Lovink et al. (2019)	Meunier (2008)	Rhoads et al. (2006)	Sangster‐Gormley et al. (2013)	Stahlke et al. (2017)	Stahlke Wall and Rawson (2016)	Stephens (2012)	Wand et al. (2011a)	Wand et al. (2011b)
ATTRIBUTES	Skills and competencies	Holistic patient‐centred care	●						●	●				●	●	●	●	●
		Combined nursing and medical skills	●			●	●		●	●	●			●
		Problem‐solving and critical thinking skills	●				●						●				●
		Complex decision‐making skills	●				●	●
		Expert evidence‐based clinical knowledge and skills	●		●	●			●				●
		Leadership and advocacy				●			●	●			●		●
		Strong communication skills		●		●	●			●							●
		Collaborative skills					●			●					●
		Coaching, mentoring, teaching, and education skills			●	●		●	●	●			●			●	●
	Activities performed	Direct patient care	●	●		●	●	●			●		●			●
		Task sharing (substitution or complementarity)	●					●	●	●
		Activities previously reserved for physicians	●						●	●
		Care coordination	●				●							●
		Proactive health promotion and prevention		●													●	●
	Positive outcomes	High‐quality care		●	●	●				●			●		●
		High patient and family satisfaction		●	●		●							●	●
		More time spent with patients and families				●									●		●
		Timely healthcare delivery							●				●				●	●
		Continuity of care								●					●	●
	Positive role perception	More autonomous work	●
		Fulfilling role									●
ANTECEDENTS	NPs' intrinsic characteristics	Leadership	●
		Clinical expertise / Expert knowledge	●				●								●	●
		Scientific competencies	●
		Complex decision‐making skills					●										●
		Collaboration skills					●										●
	NPs' extrinsic characteristics	Registered Nurse with graduate‐level education					●	●	●		●	●		●		●	●	●
		Authorization to practice as a nurse practitioner in a jurisdiction							●								●
		Role clarity and promotion	●				●				●					●
		Favourable context (e.g. service gap)							●
		Scope of practice					●							●
CONSEQUENCES	On patient care	Provision of quality and safe, direct care				●		●		●	●		●	●		●	●	●
		Reduction in length of stay in hospitals			●	●
		High patients, caregiver, and family satisfaction			●	●		●							●	●		●
		Patient education	●			●										●		●
		Timely healthcare provision and follow‐ups				●								●				●	●
		Reduction of hospital (re)admissions and emergency department visits			●		●							●		●
	On healthcare teams	Improved team collaboration and communication			●		●	●			●			●
		Team education, mentoring, and coaching				●	●		●	●	●			●			●
		Reallocation of physician time to patients with complex needs				●									●	●
	On healthcare systems	Improved access to care				●		●		●	●			●				●	●
		Reduce healthcare costs	●		●		●	●		●				●
		Innovation in services provided	●													●			●