title: Advanced practice nursing role: clinical nurse specialist.
abstract: The public continues to demand quality health care that focuses on the achievement of quality patient outcomes. The clinical nurse specialist is an advanced practice role that originated in the early 1900s as a result of similar public demand, and continues to evolve to meet quality health care needs. Advanced practice nurses have many opportunities to create expanded nursing roles. Orthopaedic nurses also continue to refine their practice roles, and the clinical nurse specialist is one such example.
authors: St. Joseph's Hospital, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
authors: S B
authors: SB
authors: Holmes
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016530:Orthopedic Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*