4 Things you need to know about a Clinical Nurse

Who are Clinical Nurses

Clinical Nurses are licensed registered nurses who are graduated with master's or doctorate in nursing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Their area of clinical expertise areas may be as follows

• population (e.g. pediatrics, geriatrics, women’s health)
• setting (e.g. critical care, emergency room)
• disease or medical subspecialty (e.g. diabetes, oncology)
• type of care (e.g. psychiatric, rehabilitation)
• type of health problem (e.g. pain, wounds, stress)
  

Roles and Responsibilities of Clinical Nurses

Clinical nurses roles can vary depending on their specialty, but general tasks include:

• Optimizing patient care by working with nursing staff. This includes evaluating current practices, reviewing alternatives, consultations with patient care managers and providing education to staff.
• Make decisions on where to allocate staff and resources
• Develop specialized treatment plans after patient examinations
• Educating patients and families on how to best manage their conditions
• Incorporate practices to promote staff teamwork
• Analyze patient data and outcomes
• Participate with colleagues on new research
  

Salary

Job prospects for registered nurses, including clinical nurse specialists, are expected to grow 19% from 2012 to 2022, which is a higher rate than the average for all professions. The average annual salary for registered nurses in 2014 was $66,640, while PayScale.com reports that clinical nurse specialists earned a median salary of $80,984 as of 2015.

Education required to become Clinical Nurse

Becoming a clinical nurse specialist requires significant schooling because it's one of the four advanced nursing practices, so plan on earning a Master of Science in Nursing degree. These programs teach them the sociological strategy, advocacy training, management guidelines, research methods and critical-thinking skills.

In general, these programs require students to complete coursework in statistics, research, theory, health policy, epidemiology, pharmacology and advanced patient assessment. Depending on the area of specialty and program selected (full- or part-time), clinical nursing graduate degree programs may be completed in 2-5 years.

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