Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum IV
** available as of 06/15/2027
** available as of 06/15/2027
This final CNS practicum offers CNS students the opportunity to fully enact CNS role competencies in all spheres of impact (patient, nurse, system). Students will achieve competency in designing and evaluating innovative strategies to improve quality of care and safety in all settings; improving systems of care; providing leadership that promotes interprofessional collaboration; and influencing and shaping health policy. This course provides the student an opportunity to demonstrate a synthesis of previous coursework and clinical practicum in preparation for independent advanced practice as a clinical and professional leader. Students are expected to exhibit professional accountability and role identity as CNS.
Outcomes: Implement advanced CNS role competencies across the client, nurse/nursing practice, and healthcare system spheres of impact; Demonstrate CNS practice and fiscal outcomes to internal stakeholders; Design, deliver, and evaluate evidence-based solutions to health-care problems that represent translation of best evidence into practice; Utilize technology to manage information, support decision-making, deliver care, and evaluate outcomes; Apply ethical decision-making frameworks to advocate for patients/families, nurses, other healthcare providers, populations, and the community; Demonstrate leadership in interprofessional collaboration for evidence-based care; Integrate scholarship, leadership, and clinical expertise to improve health outcomes.
Outcomes: Implement advanced CNS role competencies across the client, nurse/nursing practice, and healthcare system spheres of impact; Demonstrate CNS practice and fiscal outcomes to internal stakeholders; Design, deliver, and evaluate evidence-based solutions to health-care problems that represent translation of best evidence into practice; Utilize technology to manage information, support decision-making, deliver care, and evaluate outcomes; Apply ethical decision-making frameworks to advocate for patients/families, nurses, other healthcare providers, populations, and the community; Demonstrate leadership in interprofessional collaboration for evidence-based care; Integrate scholarship, leadership, and clinical expertise to improve health outcomes.