Clinical Nurse SpecialistPub Date : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000958
Ann Allison
{"title":"CORE FOUR: An Interprofessional Parenteral Nutrition Huddle and Checklist to Decrease Usage and Prevent Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI).","authors":"Ann Allison","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000958","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"40 3","pages":"114-116"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147693678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical Nurse SpecialistPub Date : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000957
Mitzi M Saunders
{"title":"Menopausal Hormone Therapy: What Every Clinical Nurse Specialist Should Know.","authors":"Mitzi M Saunders","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000957","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000957","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"40 3","pages":"87-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147693724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical Nurse SpecialistPub Date : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000955
Ian A Lane
{"title":"Expanding the Boundaries of Bedside Practice: Transport Nursing as a Living Model of Clinical Nurse Specialist Competencies.","authors":"Ian A Lane","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000955","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The purpose of this paper is to argue that clinical nurse specialist (CNS) education represents the most conceptually and professionally continuous advanced practice pathway for critical care transport nurses, and to highlight transport nursing as an underrecognized practice context that aligns closely with CNS competencies and warrants deliberate attention from CNS educators and programs.</p><p><strong>Description: </strong>This paper presents a conceptual analysis of transport nursing through the CNS spheres of influence, emphasizing continuity with bedside nursing expertise while extending into quality improvement and systems leadership. This perspective examines how transport nurses routinely navigate high-acuity clinical cases and interfacility system constraints. These encounters frequently reveal latent system vulnerabilities rife for systems improvement. It positions transport nursing practice as inherently CNS-aligned, particularly in its integration of clinical expertise with systems-level awareness.</p><p><strong>Outcome: </strong>CNS preparation would uniquely support the advancement of transport nurses' practice by preserving a nursing-centered clinical identity while providing the analytic and leadership skills necessary to translate bedside insights into durable system improvements. Concurrently, it argues that transport nurses are particularly well-prepared candidates for CNS education.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Recognizing the reciprocal alignment between transport nursing and CNS education strengthens this advanced practice pathway, expands the CNS pipeline, and reinforces nursing-driven care delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"40 3","pages":"92-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147693647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical Nurse SpecialistPub Date : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000962
{"title":"Menopausal Hormone Therapy: What Every Clinical Nurse Specialist Should Know.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000962","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000962","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"40 3","pages":"E3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147693672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical Nurse SpecialistPub Date : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000960
Brandon Tatar, Mitzi M Saunders
{"title":"Expanding Prescriptive Privileges for Clinical Nurse Specialists: Evidence From Practice.","authors":"Brandon Tatar, Mitzi M Saunders","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000960","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose/objectives: </strong>The purpose of this paper is to show how a critical care clinical nurse specialist (CNS) with prescriptive authority can address immediate patient needs, drive quality improvement, and improve population health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Description: </strong>A review of the current legislative landscape suggests that CNS practice could be enhanced by adding prescriptive authority for the purposes of improving patient, nurse, and system outcomes. Though 41 states support CNS prescribing, many factors may hinder its implementation.</p><p><strong>Outcomes: </strong>By examining the values of a CNS authorized to prescribe in their healthcare organization with real-time reflections (scenarios), the ability to enhance direct patient care, reduce delays, and foster nurse engagement is revealed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>CNSs who elect to obtain prescriptive privileges may have opportunities to improve patient services and outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"40 3","pages":"109-113"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147693687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical Nurse SpecialistPub Date : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000961
Julie M Linder, Lynn D Mohr
{"title":"Building Effective Preceptor-Student Partnerships in Clinical Nurse Specialist Education.","authors":"Julie M Linder, Lynn D Mohr","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000961","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) represents a critical advanced practice nursing role, yet educational institutions face significant challenges in providing effective clinical experiences for CNS students. Unlike other advanced practice nursing roles, CNS precepting involves unique complexities related to specialty requirements, geographic limitations, and evolving financial pressures.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To address the gap in CNS-specific precepting guidance by synthesizing existing evidence and providing practical recommendations for effective preceptor-student partnerships in CNS education.</p><p><strong>Approach: </strong>Drawing from available literature on advanced practice nursing precepting, adult learning theory, and clinical education best practices, this discussion paper presents a collaborative framework specifically tailored for CNS student precepting.</p><p><strong>Key recommendations: </strong>Effective CNS precepting requires clearly defined roles for both preceptors and students, institutional support systems, and structured partnership strategies that acknowledge the unique transition from expert RN to novice APRN.</p><p><strong>Implications: </strong>Educational institutions, preceptors, and students must work collaboratively to create sustainable, high-quality clinical learning experiences that prepare the next generation of CNS providers while addressing current challenges in clinical education.</p>","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"40 3","pages":"100-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147693641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical Nurse SpecialistPub Date : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000956
Elizabeth Ann Scruth, Victorina Kioa
{"title":"Equity for Chronic Kidney Disease in Oceania: The Tale of the Kingdom of Tonga.","authors":"Elizabeth Ann Scruth, Victorina Kioa","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000956","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"40 3","pages":"81-83"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147693635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Clinical Nurse SpecialistPub Date : 2026-05-01Epub Date: 2026-04-01DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0000000000000954
Patricia Friend, Laurie M Connors, Patricia A Kelly
{"title":"From Evidence to Impact: The CNS Role in Embedding Genomics Into Clinical Practice Through DNP Scholarship.","authors":"Patricia Friend, Laurie M Connors, Patricia A Kelly","doi":"10.1097/NUR.0000000000000954","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NUR.0000000000000954","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55249,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Nurse Specialist","volume":"40 3","pages":"117-120"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147693695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}