title: Clinical nurse specialists in acute pain management.
abstract: Specialist practitioner and ward-based nursing roles should complement each other. Clinical nurse specialists have an important educational role in helping nurses to assess their own practice. Specialist services to manage acute pain should provide an integrated service to prevent the fragmentation of care.
authors.affiliation: Blackpool Victoria Hospital.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Duncan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing*; D010344:Patient Advocacy