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Clinical Nurse Specialists

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work_healthcare_practitioners/clinical_nurse_specialists

Type

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Children

30

Child Nodes (30)

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Provide specialized direct and indirect care to inpatients and outpatients within a designated specialty, such as obstetrics, neurology, oncology, or neonatal care.

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Collaborate with other health care professionals and service providers to ensure optimal patient care.

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Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.

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Develop, implement, or evaluate standards of nursing practice in specialty area, such as pediatrics, acute care, and geriatrics.

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Maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or infection control standards.

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Instruct nursing staff in areas such as the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of disability, illness, management, technology, or resources.

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Develop and maintain departmental policies, procedures, objectives, or patient care standards, based on evidence-based practice guidelines or expert opinion.

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Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems.

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Observe, interview, and assess patients to identify care needs.

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Provide coaching and mentoring to other caregivers to help facilitate their professional growth and development.

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Monitor or evaluate medical conditions of patients in collaboration with other health care professionals.

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Provide direct care by performing comprehensive health assessments, developing differential diagnoses, conducting specialized tests, or prescribing medications or treatments.

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Design evaluation programs regarding the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice or organizational systems.

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Provide consultation to other health care providers in areas such as patient discharge, patient care, or clinical procedures.

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Identify training needs or conduct training sessions for nursing students or medical staff.

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Coordinate or conduct educational programs or in-service training sessions on topics such as clinical procedures.

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Make clinical recommendations to physicians, other health care providers, insurance companies, patients, or health care organizations.

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Design patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.

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Participate in clinical research projects, such as by reviewing protocols, reviewing patient records, monitoring compliance, and meeting with regulatory authorities.

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Develop or assist others in development of care and treatment plans.

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Direct or supervise nursing care staff in the provision of patient therapy.

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Develop nursing service philosophies, goals, policies, priorities, or procedures.

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Lead nursing department implementation of, or compliance with, regulatory or accreditation processes.

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Present clients with information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.

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Chair nursing departments or committees.

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Plan, evaluate, or modify treatment programs, based on information gathered by observing and interviewing patients or by analyzing patient records.

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Teach patient education programs that include information required to make informed health care and treatment decisions.

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Write nursing orders.

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Perform discharge planning for patients.

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Prepare reports to document patients' care activities.