Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Program

A Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) is an advanced practice nurse who directly influences health outcomes by providing expert patient care and assisting patients in the prevention and resolution of illness when a medical diagnosis or treatment of disease, injury and disability is warranted.

Penn's Adult Health CNS Program will:

• Prepare you to be an expert clinician
• Empower you to influence the health outcomes of adult patients
• Inspire you to implement improvements in the healthcare delivery system
• Encourage you to participate in interdisciplinary care models
• Expose you to excellent clinical sites including top academic health centers
• Equip you to integrate the latest research into your clinical practice
• Provide you with a lifelong network of professional and faculty colleagues who are leaders in Nursing