What Is a Clinical Nurse Specialist?

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Summary: A clinical nurse specialist is a nurse who focuses on the particular specialty of a clinic, for example, concentrating on the elderly, pediatrics or occupational medicine. Discover how a clinical nurse specialist is similar to a nurse practitioner with tips from a nurse in this free video on medical careers.

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Concessa Hunziger has been a nurse for more than 10 years. She is currently an licensed practical nurse at Heartland Occupational Medicine clinic in St. Joseph, Mo.read more

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"My name is Contessa Hunziger. I'm an L.P.N. I work for Heartland Occupational Medicine, and what a clinical nurse specialist is, I believe, is somebody who is specializing in what that clinic specializes in, whether it's with the elderly, or pediatrics, or, you know, occupational medicine. Or something of that nature. I'm kind of leaning towards it might possibly be in regards to a nurse practitioner, which a nurse practitioner is an R.N., but they go into school a lot longer, and also are more specialized in areas. Like we have a nurse practitioner here who specializes in adults. So, you know, he can diagnose. He can order medications. He can order tests, things like that, of that nature. Thank you for watching. My name's Contessa Hunziger. I'm an L.P.N. I work for Heartland Occupational Medicine."

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