title: The role of the clinical nurse specialist in medical-surgical nursing.
abstract: A clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is an expert nurse clinician who focuses on improving nursing care. The CNS role is the subject of a great deal of debate and confusion, but clinical nurse specialists make a valuable contribution to the health care team.
authors.affiliation: Southern Regional Medical Center, Riverdale, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Henderson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009729:Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations