Adult Health and Illness Clinical Nurse Specialist Health care has changed dramatically, both in hospitals and the larger community, in response to economic, medical, and social factors.
Nurses bear an increasing burden in providing evidence-based care to more and sicker patients.
Healthcare systems struggle to provide needed services to patient populations in a compassionate and cost-effective manner. In the Adult Health and Illness CNS program, you will help patients and their families negotiate the twists, turns, and bumps along the healthcare path. You will help your fellow nurses by providing consultation and education. You will learn system savvy in advocating for change, designing programs, and making it happen. You will maintain your patient contact.