Clinical Nurse Specialist Entrepreneurship

摘要

Changes in the healthcare industry have created opportunities for clinical nurse specialist (CNS) entrepreneurs. The changes include a shift from provider care to self care, movement of the primary site of care from inpatient setting to outpatient or community settings, the aging of the population, the chronicity of illnesses, and the nursing shortage. CNSs have been eligible for Medicare reimbursement since the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 19971. As CNSs are moving in the direction of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, it is important for advanced practice nurses to be familiar with the roles and significance of CNS as entrepreneurs, the advantages, barriers and implications of CNS entrepreneurs.