Pioneers of professional practice: an interview with a CRNA. Interview by Sister Sarah Bertler.

Developing professional interdependence is imperative to ensuring clinical outcomes for patients as well as outcomes within the structure of the integrated health care models where advanced practice nurses (APNs) will provide care. Defining roles and building partnerships that are based on trust and result in synergy provide both challenges and opportunities critical to the future success of care providers in integrated health care models.