General themes -- Professionalism and the concept of role extension -- New professionals new ethics -- The notion of competence in nursing -- Legal aspects of role expansion -- Nurse prescribing -- European aspects of the nursing role -- Areas of practice -- Specialist and advanced nursing and the scope of practice -- The expanded role of the nurse in intensive care:a national survey -- The role of the practice nurse -- The enhanced role of the midwife -- Accident and emergency and the nurse practitioner -- Health care assistants and accountability

1. Nursing
2. Nursing as a profession