Clinical
Nurse Specialist
What
is a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)?
The Clinical Nurse Specialist provides
quality health care to individuals
through both direct nursing care, as
expert clinicians with a selected population
of patients addressing both acute and
chronic healthcare needs and indirect
care that impacts clients, nursing,
and health care system outcomes. According
to the National Association of Clinical
Nurse Specialists (NACNS), Clinical
Nurse Specialists provide expert care
to patients with complex health conditions
and advance nursing practice by designing
innovative evidence-based interventions,
influencing nursing practice of other
nurses, and influencing the healthcare
system. Clinical Nurse Specialists
have a strong theoretical foundation
for practice, understand disease management
and health promotion and disease prevention,
use critical thinking, clinical decision
making, and problem solving strategies,
use technology to improve patient outcomes,
and teach patients, nurses, and other
health care professionals. They are
expert advanced practitioners, educators,
consultants, leaders, collaborators,
and coordinators of inter-professional
care to improve patient outcomes.
Graduates of the Clinical Nurse Specialist
programs are eligible to complete either
the Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
or Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health
Clinical Nurse Specialist board certification
examination offered by the American
Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
For
further information about this program
of study, please contact the Office
of Student Affairs:
Phone Numbers: 504-568-4197
or 504-568-4213
Email Address: nsstuaffairs@lsuhsc.edu
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