title: The concept of the specialist community nurse.
abstract: This paper seeks to stimulate discussion on the concept of the specialist community nurse and to investigate the effectiveness or limitations of the role. The main arguments presented are that, although the role of the specialist community nurse will be exposed to constraints from both the medical and managerial culture and tensions within the profession regarding perceptions of professionalization may militate against progress towards specialist status, the concept is a worthy goal and can be underpinned by phenomenological concepts of professionalism.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Health Care Studies, University of Wales Swansea, Wales.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D007857:Leadership; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D011361:Professional Competence; D013038:Specialization; D006113:United Kingdom