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Clinical Nurse Specialist

Nurses

Facilitating advancement of nursing care

Clinical nurse specialists are registered nurses in an advanced practice role that encompasses expert knowledge, complex decision-making skills, and the clinical competencies for advanced practice. They serve as role models and advocates by providing leadership and by acting as a clinician, researcher, consultant and educator.

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Compensation


$45.04 - $60.44 per hour

Other benefits

Education


Master's degree in nursing

Duties

  • Perform comprehensive health assessments based on a thorough history, examination, and additional assessment strategies
  • Help an inter-professional team deliver patient-centred care
  • Perform patient screening as applicable to the patient population
  • Design and implement evidence-based practice standards, clinical pathways, guidelines, policies and protocols through application of research, clinical expertise, and patient input that meet ethical, legal, and professional criteria

Make a Difference

  • Provide expert consultation to planning groups, health institutions, communities, policy makers, leaders, and educational institutions
  • Create solutions for complex health care issues, improve service delivery, and patient outcomes
  • Teach and provide expert knowledge, guidance, and mentorship to students and other health care workers
  • Strengthen the link between research and clinical practice by facilitating others’ understanding, application, and utilization

Work Collaboratively

  • Use a patient-focused care model
  • Although not typically at the bedside, clinical nurse specialists may work with registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, physicians, health care aides, and other healthcare practitioners
  • Work with internal and external partners

Grow Your Career

  • Education and teaching
  • Research
  • Healthcare leadership and management
  • Health system administration