Due to low interest in the MSN in Adult Health: Clinical Nurse Specialist program by the southeastern Michigan nursing community at this time, admissions are currently suspended. However, please contact Dr. Nancy O’Connor at noconnor@madonna.edu to express your interest and obtain the current status regarding this program.

Specialty Track Overview
The Adult Health: Clinical Nurse Specialist program is designed to prepare the advanced practice nurse (APN) to serve the needs of adults in a variety of settings. The graduate will specialize in the care and management of adult clients with diverse health and illness concerns. The CNS synthesizes advanced knowledge of health-illness states of clients to design relevant nursing care, integrates research-based problem solving and decision making in nursing care of the client, family, and community, and implements effective communication strategies in collaborative management and improvement of client care.

The graduate will also be able to select appropriate nursing therapeutic interventions for client care, design nursing care that integrates principles of Christian humanism, and assume the role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist that reflects nursing standards of practice.