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Clinical Nurse Specialists
$81.22K Median Salary 194.5K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 9% Job Growth
About This Career
Direct nursing staff in the provision of patient care in a clinical practice setting, such as a hospital, hospice, clinic, or home. Ensure adherence to established clinical policies, protocols, regulations, and standards.
Reported Job Titles
Cardiology Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, Emergency Clinical Nurse Specialist, ICU Clinical Nurse Specialist (Intensive Care Unit Clinical Nurse Specialist), Neuroscience Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist, Psychiatric Adult Clinical Nurse Specialist, Trauma ICU Clinical Nurse Specialist (Trauma Intensive Care Unit Clinical Nurse Specialist)
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Skills You'll Need
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Abilities
Deductive Reasoning
Oral Comprehension
Oral Expression
Written Comprehension
Inductive Reasoning
Problem Sensitivity
Speech Clarity
Written Expression
Category Flexibility
Information Ordering
Near Vision
Speech Recognition
Fluency of Ideas
Flexibility of Closure
Originality
Memorization
Selective Attention
Speed of Closure
Time Sharing
Arm-Hand Steadiness
Far Vision
Finger Dexterity
Manual Dexterity
Mathematical Reasoning
Number Facility
Perceptual Speed
Knowledge
Medicine and Dentistry
Education and Training
English Language
Biology
Psychology
Customer and Personal Service
Sociology and Anthropology
Mathematics
Administration and Management
Therapy and Counseling
Skills
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Reading Comprehension
Service Orientation
Active Learning
Coordination
Social Perceptiveness
Speaking
Complex Problem Solving
Monitoring
Writing
Judgment and Decision Making
Time Management
Instructing
Learning Strategies
Persuasion
Science
Systems Analysis
Systems Evaluation
Management of Personnel Resources
Negotiation
Operations Analysis
Technology Skills
Medical software
Presentation software
Spreadsheet software
Electronic mail software
Office suite software
Information retrieval or search software
Internet browser software
Word processing software
Tools
Surgical clamps or clips or forceps
Medical or surgical suction or vacuum appliances
Tablet crushers
Emergency or resuscitation carts
Cardiac pacemaker generators or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers CRT-P
Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters for general use
Nebulizers
Clinical incubators or infant warmers
Cardiac output CO monitoring units
Surgical isolation or surgical masks
Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets
Thoracentesis sets or trays
Intravenous or arterial catheter trays
Medical staplers for external use
Enteral feeding infusion pump tubing sets
Blood pressure cuff kits
Medical nasal oxygen catheters or catheterization kits
Endotracheal or tracheotomy sets
Acute care fetal or maternal monitoring units
Intravenous infusion pumps for general use
Eye charts or vision cards
Mobile medical services automated external defibrillators AED or hard paddles
Pleural cavity drainage units or containers
Intermittent positive pressure breathing IPPB machines
Electronic medical thermometers
Glucose monitors or meters
Manual resuscitators
Arterial line catheters
Tongue depressors or blades or sticks
Medical aspiration or irrigation syringes
Electrocardiography EKG units
Pulse oximeter units
Patient shifting boards
Medical ultrasound or doppler or echocardiograph transducer
Finger ring removers or cutters
Ostomy appliances
Suturing kits or trays or packs or sets
Gurneys or scissor lifts
Reflex hammers or mallets
Arterial blood gas monitors
Cast cutters or saws
Spirometers
Electronic blood pressure units
Medication or pill dispensers
Vascular or compression apparel or support
Intracranial pressure ICP monitoring units
Nasal exam specula or dilators
Medical tuning forks
Medical staff isolation or cover gowns
Perfusion oxygen or hematocrit saturation monitors
Nasopharyngeal tubes or airways
Pericardiocentesis needles or kits
Medical acoustic stethoscopes
Medical exam or non surgical procedure gloves
Non invasive bi level machines
Notebook computers
Central venous catheters
Autotransfusion units
Medical radiological positioning aids for general radiological use
Enema kits
Endotracheal tubes
Otological instruments
Mobile medical services spine boards
Surgical scalpels or knives or blades or trephines
Endoscopic hemostatic balloons or needles or tubes or accessories
Surgical drains or drain sets
Electrosurgical or electrocautery equipment
Ophthalmic irrigation or aspiration supplies
Goggles
Multiparameter vital sign units
Surgical scissors
Endoscopic instrument sets
Surgical shave kits or prep razors or clippers
Medical ultrasound or doppler or echocardiograph transducer accessories
Intubation forceps
Laboratory graduated cylinders
Patient floor scales
Urinary catheterization kits
Anesthesia nerve block kit or tray
Therapeutic heating or cooling blankets or drapes
Walkers or rollators
Clinical trapeze bars
Ultraviolet UV lamps
Blood collection syringes
Vacuum blood collection tubes or containers
Suture removal kits or trays or packs or sets
Orthopedic splint systems
Flow sensors or regulators or components
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation units
Intubator components
Urinalysis analyzers
Orthopedic traction hardware or weights
Patient stabilization or fall prevention devices
Medical oxygen masks or parts
Patient care beds for specialty care
Skin staple removers or kits
Specimen collection container
Cast or splint carts or stands
Medical syringes with needle
Electrocardiography EKG transmitters or telemetry devices
Wheelchairs
Apnea monitors
Microscope slides
Nasogastric tubes
Breast pumps
Lancets
Crutches
Bedpans
Oxygen concentrators
End tidal carbon dioxide monitors
Vaginal exam speculas
Tourniquets
Bronchoscopes
Ophthalmic slit lamps
Umbilical catheters
Desktop computers
Ophthalmic tonometers
Urinalysis test strips
Tablet computers
Surgical irrigation sets
