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What is a CNS ?
The clinical nurse specialist has been a part of the health care industrial complex in the United States for more than 60 years. Through the decades, the profession has become widely accepted in the health care system as a standardized, licensed, and fully regulated health care occupation, and one that significantly impacts the nation’s economy by providing safe, low-cost, and effective evidence-based health care services.
Clinical nurse specialists are advanced practice registered nurses who have graduate preparation (Master’s or Doctorate) in nursing. Like other advanced practice registered nurses, they are trained in physiology, pharmacology and physical assessment in addition to their particular areas of specialty.
Clinical nurse specialists are leaders in health care. Watch the newest videos from the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) and the Clinical Nurse Specialist Institute (CNSI) about the role of the CNS.
2019 Video Competition Winners
First place in the Team Category
Lori Brittingham, MS, RN, CNS, ACCNS-N, of Reading Hospital for “The Reading Hospital CNS team: We Won’t Stop’’
We Won't Stop
Practice Resources (from NACNS) CNS CompetenciesClinical Nurse Specialist Competencies are no longer a separate document. They are incorporated in the revision of the CNS Statement for Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice and Education (CNS Statement). NACNS is pleased to announce the Revised CNS Statement on Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice and Education, third edition (CNS Statement) is now available in the NACNS store in both Digital and Print versions.
Requirements for APRNs Adding a New Specialty & Certification Requirements for APRNs Adding a New Specialty & Certification Prescriptive Authority Renewal Information Prescriptive Authority Renewal Information from The Oklahoma Board of Nursing |
CNS Toolkits (from NACNS) Cost Analysis ToolkitA Business Guide for the Clinical Nurse Specialist
Today’s health care landscape is ever-changing. Initiatives to improve patient care and safety must take cost savings into account. Through their direct work with patients and families, nurses at the bedside and hospital and health system leaders, clinical nurse specialists are uniquely prepared to assess, analyze and improve the business of health care while continuing to put the patient first. The CNSs ability to translate value impact in the clinical setting is crucial. To address this gap, the NACNS Practice Committee created a resource to help CNSs employ key business and cost analysis tools to better describe and quantify CNS contributions to health care. The Cost Analysis Toolkit includes:
Download the Cost Analysis Toolkit today for a small fee, $10 for members and $50 for non-members. |
