The Clinical Nurse Specialist Role in Critical Care

This resource presents applications and strategies for sucessful practice as a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) in critical care. It defines the implementation of the CNS role in the rapidly changing health-care delivery system. It shows how theory and research are integrated into practice.

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This work pesents practical applications and strategies for sucessful practice as a Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS). Using critical care as a model, this book defines the implementation of the CNS role in the rapidly changing health care delivery system. Major theoretical concepts, relevant research and literature as well as the real situations CNSs face in typical critical care areas are presented to illustrate how theory and research are integrated into practice.