title: The politics of specialist/advanced practice: conflict or confusion?
abstract: This article explores the discrepancies between bench marks and the ad hoc development of specialisms. It suggests an agenda for remedying the invisibility of nursing in the shaping of health-care policy. Particular reference is made to the need for nurses to shape future policy on how the nursing workforce should be developed and utilised.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D006801:Humans; D011057:Politics; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration