Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)

Having developed or expanded a clinical specialty focus during their graduate program, our CNS graduates are prepared to serve as clinician experts, clinical nurse specialists, clinical or academic educators, head nurses / nurse managers, research nurses, or as combined CNS/Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioners and to work within acute, long-term, clinic, or rehabilitation health care settings, or within academic nursing programs (this combined option is not available to GEPN students).

Adult CNS program outcomes include the ability to:

• develop an evidence-based advanced nursing practice involving a specific patient population within a specific health care setting
• incorporate clinical, educational, research, leadership, and management skills into an advanced practice role
• develop collaborative relationships and partnerships between disciplines
• recognize and understand the effects of selected economic, societal, legislative, ethical, or legal health care issues and their resolution within your advanced practice

Adult CNS tracks prepare nurses to enhance their knowledge in specific specialty areas and advanced practice roles. Clinical experiences are individually tailored for each graduate student depending on desired clinical specialty area, advanced practice role, and geographic location. Our faculty offer individualized 36-month programs of study to prepare nurses for advanced practice with specialized populations and within specialized roles.

• Practice Characteristics/Certifications
• Curriculum Overview/Clinical-Narrative
• Department of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems

Specialty Contact Info

Molly McAllister
Dept. of Biobehavioral Nursing and Health Systems
E-mail: mollymac at u dot washington dot edu