INTRODUCTION: As little clarity exists regarding the roles of academically qualified nurses in Germany it is not certain that nurses who call themselves βnursing expertsβ actually perform the tasks of a nursing expert or APN. An important aspect of the present βStudy on the situation of academically qualified nurses in psychiatric care contexts in Germanyβ (AkaPP study) was therefore to identify profiles or clusters based on the tasks and activities performed by academically β¦