Current Practice and Practice Competencies of Clinical Nurse Specialists Working in US Emergency Care Settings: A

Lisa Wolf1, Cydne Perhats, Altair Delao

  • 1Author Affiliations: Director (Dr Wolf), Senior Research Associate (Perhats), and Senior Research Manager (Ms Delao), Emergency Nursing Research, Emergency Nurses Association, Schaumburg, Illinois; Associate Professor (Dr Campbell), University of Michigan Flint; Clinical Operations Specialist (Ms Brim), Health Catalyst, Salt Lake City, UT; Clinical Nurse Specialist (Dr Campos), University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Associate Professor (Dr House), The University of Alabama at Birmingham; The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (Dr Rettig), Columbus; Clinical Nurse Specialist (Dr Williams), Emergency Services, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Florida; and President and CEO (Dr Chan), HealthImpact, Oakland, CA.

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