Clinical nurse specialists gain title protection in Pennsylvania.
Clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) in Pennsylvania will long remember the bright, sunny day of July 20, 2007. That was the day Governor Edward G. Rendell signed House Bill 1254 into law. Clinical nurse specialists in Pennsylvania finally gained title protection! What does this mean? How did it all come about? What are the implications for practice?
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PinnacleHealth System, Harrisburg, PA 17101, USA. mduffy@pinnaclehealth.org
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