Further legislation defines the practice of midwives and advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). According to Connecticut's scope of practice, nursing is described as the practice of diagnosing actual or potential health problems, providing supportive care, and training, under the direct supervision of a licensed physician or APRN. The State of Connecticut is one of twenty-two states that allow full APRN prescribing practice. State Bill 36 sponsored by the Governor of Connecticut to improve access to health care, passed the bill in April 2014 allowing the APRN to practice independently without the supervision of a physician (Connecticut Nurses Association [CNA], 2015). Evidence-Based Practice Advanced nursing theory and evidence-based nursing practice are necessary to establish nursing as a profession. Since the 1950s nursing has attempted to connect theory to practice, however many models were difficult to use at the bedside and did not make sense to the bedside practitioner (McCrae, 2011). For the APN interested in education and informatics, Patricia Benner's Novice to Expert Nursing Model can be applied as it describes the milestones of practice from novice nursing to expert nursing practice (Christensen, 2011) . Analysis of nursing theory and use in orientation