2007 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner! the First and ONLY Resource Designed Specifically for Clinical Nurse Specialists ! the Clinical Nurse Specialist Handbook addresses the specific, practical, day-to-day responsibilities and challenges of the CNS role. Concrete, user-friendly strategies and exemplars are drawn from real practice and offer suggestions as well as considerations for CNS practice. Educators and professionals alike will find this book very helpful. The topics are cutting-edge and this text is a great resource for graduate students enrolled in CNS graduate programs, especially in clinical practicum courses. it will also serve as excellent refreshers for established advanced practice nurses. The topics will also help ground the new CNS by facilitating the transition from staff to APN. This book does an excellent job of presenting basic and complex content and introduces topics that are relevant to modern practice such as: bull; Establishing and maintaining strategic alliances bull; Chairing committees bull; Performance evaluation bull; Patient Safety bull; Consultation bull; Workplace violence and healthy work environments bull; Budgeting basics bull; Educating patients, staff, and students View Sample Chapters! Download PowerPoints!.