cns reimbursement in oregon

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I am a CNS who is currently living in Texas but am moving to Portland Oregon. I am hoping to continue working in a clinical setting. My question is can a CNS in Oregon practice and bill independently of a physician, like an NP in Oregon can? Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

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Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.

Looks like in Oregon, the NP and CNS roles are essentially similar.

NP: Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division

CNS: Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division

Rx authority: Oregon Secretary of State Archives Division

Read the application packet: http://www.oregon.gov/OSBN/pdfs/form/cnsapplication.pdf

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Specializes in Psychiatric Nursing.

I am licensed as a CNS in oregon and have not worked there yet. The BON has a CNS group that may be helpful to you.

Also it took me several months to get licensed. At the time I was only licensed in MA. Besides the fingerprints, and verifying classes with my school (I graduated in 1993), I had to retake some pharmacology from their approved list, which I was able to do online.

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