CNS! Is this a Dying Specialty!?

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Okay guys,

What's the deal with this specialty?

1) Is there a demand?

2) Anybody currently practicing wished they had done NP instead?

3) Anybody currently praciticing love they job? why?.....Hate it? why?

4) With DNP programs growing, what do you forsee the future for CNS being?

Thanks for your input ladies and gents

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[Dr.Naija_Glam]

In all honesty, I had no idea what a CNS was or what a nurse prepared for that role did until I graduated with my BSN in 2009. I observed that two of my nursing school professors (excellent by the way ) had the degree and did some research. Roles such as "change agent" and "educator", and processes like implementing policies that are associated with a CNS are covered in the DNP/FNP program that I am currently in. I have observed it in many DNP/NP and MSN/NP curriculum from searching I have done with a friend of mine interested in going back to school. I can see how one can view the CNS as a dying specialty. It appears that the need for a CNS would be dependent on location and the facility as many things are.