Maternity/OB Clinical Specialist

Go to slu.edu They have a program for perinatal cns.
I'd like to do it myself. I just need the $!!!

I am also curious about perinatal clincal nurse specialist. I am planning to be a certified nurse-midwife and I know what a women's health NP is, where does a perinatal clinical nurse specialist fit in? I really didn't find much from a quick google.

A perinatal clincal nurse specialist deal with high risk mothers to be. Where the mother and/or the baby are at risk.

I suggest reading the advanced practice perinatal nursing specialty on UCSF's webpage. It may help you to see what they do.

http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/www/spec-pnt.htm

Just found this thread while browsing.
I have been a CNS in Maternal-Child Health (mostly OB but inherited Peds a couple of years ago) for 16+ years. I work in a small community hospital, primarily low risk.
As far as education, I have a Master's in Nursing, specialty certification in Inpatient OB.
The traditional CNS role incorporates education, consultation, clinical practice and nursing research. Some roles (not mine) also have a management component.

I am a childbirth educator, teach fetal monitoring, neonatal resuscitation etc.
I am involved in new staff orientation, competency assessment, development & validation, writing evidence based standards of care and protocols, etc etc. I am called to consult on complicated patient care issues. Also, I am involved with CNS's in other specialty areas as part of nursing leadership.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the info on clinical nurse specialist in Obstetrics. I have been an L&D nurse for 11 yrs with most of it being on high risk units. I will be graduating with a Master's degree/CNM this fall. I am interested in adding CNS but have heard there aren't that many programs for it. I have worked in 6 states and have only really met one nurse who actually had her degree as a CNS. She is my current nurse manager over a l&d dept, but she used to work for perinatology.

Can someone be a CNS just with a Master's degree in a certain field, or do we have to do extra training?

I'm bumping this thread because I'm wondering if anyone has some more info for me. I am currently an RN with my associate's degree. I have one year L&D experience. I have decided to go back to school and believe that CNS is the way to go for me, with a focus in Maternal-Child nursing. I live in NC and was looking for some advice about programs. I'm planning on beginning work for my BSN ASAP. Any advice?