Patricia Hooper Kyriakidis, PhD, RN, is a consultant and researcher at Practice Solutions, Inc., in Nashville, Tennessee. As a consultant, she educates and consults on the development of expertise, educational, and administrative conditions that support practice development, understanding practice using interpretative methods, and professional recognition programs. In her research, she examines clinical knowledge development, clinical judgment, and the clinical, administrative, and educational conditions that support or impede the development of practice. Her clinical, educational, and researc...