I hear CNS is fading as well but it doesn't make sense. I work in a hospital that still uses CNS but many of the schools that had programs from CNS went away. There is a CNL program that I like but I am asking myself the same if I could do what I want with a CNL. I like the role of the CNS. I worry about the risk of both options what if I do the MSN-CNL program and have no career options or what if I get the only CNS program I like near me which is a DNP-CNS (of course more expensive) and CNS does fade out and I have no career options. Any more recent updates on these things?