In introducing a new nursing role in any health care system it is necessary to delineate it from other nursing roles. Compared
with a typical US staff nurse role, the CNL has competencies and knowledge at the graduate level (Haase-Herrick & Herrin 2007). Compared to the Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS), the CNL is a generalist, whereas the CNS and NP specialize