Professional boundary work in the face of change to generalist working in community nursing in Scotland.

The article presents a study on community nursing in Scotland and generalist working. Changes to the role of community nurse from specialist disciplines to a generalist community health nurse model were reportedly proposed in Scotland. The study explored the role of a community health nurse as opposed to the roles of a specialist. It has been concluded that discourses on job empowerment, satisfaction and consultation is important to be utilized for discussions on future role changes.