Introduction:

The term advanced practice nursing has its origins in the very history of modern nursing development. Evidence shows that it is increasing internationally, but uncertainty persists about the clarity of the role and the need to progress in a coordinated way. In the reviewed literature, there is no clarity about advanced practice nursing for the education and professional development of specialist nurses to consider them of advanced practice, despite the theoretical and practical knowledge that they possess.

Objective:

To identify how advanced practice nursing is approached from the scientific literature in postgraduate education for specialist nurses.

Methods:

A meta-review known as umbrella review or review of reviews was conducted between January and April 2022. A search was conducted in the BVS, SciELO and PubMed databases, with the keywords enfermería de práctica avanzada [advanced practice nursing] AND enfermeras especialistas [nurse specialists] AND educación de postgrado en enfermería [postgraduate nursing education]. The following inclusion criteria were considered: review studies; available in full text; and published in English, Spanish or Portuguese. The following exclusion criteria were considered: repeated texts; those for which only the abstract could be read; and those that did not fit the study topic.

Conclusions:

Several of the reviewed studies describe the value of advanced practice nursing for professional development and the improvement in the quality of services; however, its value is still not well recognized in all contexts and progress is needed towards the consolidation of specialists to be considered of advanced practice.

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