The role of the perinatal home care clinical nurse specialist.
The perinatal home care clinical nurse specialist (CNS) is a cost-effective expert with the education and clinical skills to function in an expanded practice role in home care. The benefits of employing a perinatal home care CNS, a sample job description, the roles involved, and a model for evaluation are presented.
Broussard
B S
BS
University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, USA.
D003152:Community Health Nursing; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D010500:Perinatology