Lynn Austin describes a research study which provided profile of clinical nurse specialists working in a primary care setting in a bid to enhance understanding of the role and work undertaken by continence advisors in one health region.Lynn Austin MSc, RGN, MRC Fellow, School of Nursing Midwifery and Health Visiting, University of Manchester.
Article accepted for publication: February 2003

Acknowledgments: This study is being undertaken as part of a Medical Research Council special training fellowship which is co-funded by the NHS executive North West. The work is being supervised by Professor Karen Luker (Professor of Nursing) and Professor Martin Roland (Director of the National Primary Care Research and Development Centre).