Advocacy: An Essential Competency of the Clinical Nurse Specialist

Victoria Hughes1, Phoebe Pollitt1, Lola A Coke1

  • 1Victoria Hughes is Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, 525 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205-2110 (vhughes@jhu.edu). Phoebe Pollitt is Associate Professor (retired), Appalachian State University, School of Nursing, Boone, North Carolina. Lola A. Coke is Faculty Associate, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and CNS-DNP Track Coordinator, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland. Rita F. D'Aoust is Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland.

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