title: The psychiatric clinical nurse specialist/nurse practitioner: an example of a combined role.
abstract: The purpose of this article is to provide an historical overview of the clinical nurse specialist and nurse practitioner roles in psychiatric nursing. This article is written as a follow-up to that of Dyer, Hammill, Regan-Kubinski, Yurick, & Kobert, (1997), Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 11, 2-11, in which a new paradigm for delivering comprehensive mental and general health services is conceptualized, i.e., the psychiatric-primary care nurse practitioner role. In this article an alternative model is presented: the psychiatric clinical nurse specialist/nurse practitioner role. Similarities and differences in the two roles are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Kent State University, OH 44224, USA.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Cukr
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Wilberger
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stopper
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*