"The first edition of this book, released ten years ago, was the first textbook dedicated solely to clinical nurse specialist (CNS) practice after many years of books discussing advanced practice nursing from an integrated advanced practice perspective. CNSs, one of four advanced practice roles recognized in the United States along with nurse practitioner, nurse midwife and nurse anesthetist, share common elements"-- Provided by publisher

Unit I. The nature of clinical nurse specialist practice. Evolution of the clinical nurse specialist role and practice in the united states -- Clinical nurse specialist comportment: professional attributes, ethical conduct, and citizenship -- Exploring the nature of nursing knowledge and its implications for clinical nurse specialist practice -- Nurse-sensitive outcomes -- Unit II. Designing and evaluating nursing interventions. Clinical reasoning model: a clinical inquiry guide for solving problems in the nursing domain -- Managing the change/innovation process -- Evaluating interventions in clinical nurse specialist practice -- Using complex adaptive systems theory to guide change -- Engaging staff in learning -- Shaping practice: evidence-based practice models -- The clinical nurse specialist and conducting research in the practice setting -- Transformational leadership as the clinical nurse specialist's capacity to influence -- Unit III. Creating a culture of quality. Patient safety -- Application of high reliability tenets to the practice of clinical nurse specialists -- Answering questions with big data -- Improving efficiency: new approaches to quality improvement -- Clinical nurse specialist practice supporting magnet® certification -- Clinical nurse specialist fellowship model -- Unit IV. Delivering care to clients. Individual as client -- Family as client -- Population-based data analysis -- Patient-centered teaching and coaching: the clinical nurse specialist role -- New horizons for clinical nurse specialist practice: telehealth -- Unit V. The business of clinical nurse specialist practice. Consultation in clinical nurse specialist practice -- Mentoring -- Project management: an essential competency for clinical nurse specialists -- Program evaluation and clinical nurse specialist practice -- Technology management in complex healthcare settings -- Advanced nursing practice: pathway to entrepreneurship -- Regulatory and professional credentialing of clinical nurse specialists -- Student clinical experiences: responsibilities of student, preceptor, and faculty -- Unit VI. Clinical nurse specialist role in a variety of settings. Hospital-based clinical nurse specialist practice -- Clinical nurse specialist entrepreneurship: a journey from idea to invention leading to a consulting/education business -- The clinical nurse specialist in industry/business -- CNS practice in home healthcare: clinical nurse specialists bridging the gap from inpatient to independence -- Unit VII. Exemplars of clinical nurse specialist practice in a variety of specialty areas. Providing pediatric palliative care in a regional children's medical center -- Clinical nurse specialist as wound & ostomy care provider -- The clinical nurse specialist as online patient advocate and educator -- Exploring clinical nurse specialist practice in the emergency department -- Rapid response exemplar: implementation of an in-hospital stroke identification and response program -- Managing a cardiac arrhythmia clinic -- Implementing and sustaining evidence-based practice.