CNS same as CNL?

[gbarrera2]

Hello,

I'm looking into graduate programs and am having some diffficulty understanding the Clinical Nurse Leader Masters Program. In IL are CNL APN? Are CNL the same as CNS? I also read that APN options will be phased out in coming years and the DNP will replace them, what are your opinions on that?

Thanks for clarifying!:bowingpur

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

UVA - thanks for the update as to what your grads are seeing. There is much confusion about the CNS role still. In some states, a CNS is more like a CNL - not an APN. In other states, there is little difference between a CNS and NP.