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Title
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Definition
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Action
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CIP Code
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Moved To / Report Under
(2020)
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Moved From
(2010)
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Adult Health Nurse/Nursing.
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A program that prepares registered nurses to provide general care for adult patients. Includes instruction in adult primary care, adult pathophysiology, clinical management of medication and treatments, patient assessment and education, patient referral, and planning adult health maintenance programs.
Examples: [Adult Nurse Practitioner]
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51.3803
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Clinical Nurse Leader.
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A program that prepares registered nurses for careers as clinical nurse leaders in which they work as part of an interdisciplinary team that provides direct medical care for patients based on evidence-based practice and research. Includes instruction in pharmacology, pathophysiology, epidemiology, research in nursing methods, advanced health assessment, statistics, and clinical practice management.
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51.3820
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Clinical Nurse Specialist.
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A program that prepares registered nurses to deliver direct patient and client care in clinical settings. Includes instruction in clinical pharmacotherapeutics, advanced clinical practice, holistic nursing, nursing practice and health care policy, administration and consultation services, health assessment, patient stabilization and care, and patient education.
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51.3813
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Combined Nurse Practitioner Residency/Fellowship Program.
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A residency or fellowship program for licensed nurse practitioners that provides advanced didactic and clinical training in two or more nursing specialties. This CIP Code is not valid for IPEDS reporting.
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60.0702
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Critical Care Nursing.
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A program that prepares registered nurses to provide specialized care to patients with life-threatening problems, including those in intensive care facilities and on life support. Includes instruction in adult, neonatal, and pediatric critical care; technical skills; patient monitoring and assessment; normal and abnormal readings; and troubleshooting.
Examples: [Acute Care Nursing], [Acute Care Nurse Practitioner]
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51.3814
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Developmental Services Worker.
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A program that prepares individuals to apply practical knowledge and skills to support individuals with a variety of physical, mental or developmental disabilities in a family or community setting. Includes instruction in health care, basic nutrition, pharmacology, nursing, autism, mental health, psychology, sociology, behavioral analysis, communication, intervention, counseling and community services, and developmental services, such as literacy and life skills training.
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19.0710
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Direct Entry Midwifery.
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A program that prepares individuals to provide pre-natal, natural birth, and immediate postpartum care to pregnant women in jurisdictions licensing direct (non-nursing) training for midwives. Includes instruction in basic obstetrics, women's health, fetal development, childbirth education, maternal nutrition and health, labor support, natural childbirth, postpartum support, prebirth counseling and risk screening, management of obstetric emergencies, patient referral, applicable regulations, and professional standards and ethics.
Examples: [Direct Entry Midwifery], [Licensed Midwife (LM)], [Certified Professional Midwife (CPM)]
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51.3401
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Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing.
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A program that prepares registered nurses to deliver advanced, direct patient care in emergency and trauma settings. Includes instruction in advanced health assessment, pharmacology, physiology, emergency management, trauma conditions, trauma assessments and acute care.
Examples: [Emergency Nursing], [Emergency Nurse Practitioner], [Trauma Nursing], [Trauma, Critical Care and Emergency Nursing]
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51.3816
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Family Practice Nurse/Nursing.
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A program that prepares registered nurses to provide independent general care for family groups and individuals in the context of family living. Includes instruction in family theory and intervention, role synthesis, family primary care, nursing practice and health care policy, holistic practice, pediatric practice, gerontological practice, health assessment, clinical pharmacotherapeutics, clinical techniques, and pathopsychology.
Examples: [Family Practice Nurse Practitioner], [Family Nurse Practitioner], [Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner], [Primary Care Nurse Practitioner]
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51.3805
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Forensic Nursing.
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A program that prepares individuals to apply the law and forensic science to nursing practice and collaborate with other professionals for the care of victims and the prosecution of criminals. Includes instruction in advanced physical assessment, evidence collection and preservation, forensic anthropology, legal testimony, medicolegal investigation, pathophysiology, pathohistology, pharmacology, and violence prevention.
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51.3824
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Geriatric Nurse/Nursing.
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A program that prepares registered nurses to provide health care to aging and elderly patients. Includes instruction in geriatric primary care, geriatric diagnosis, mental health and aging, primary care management, geriatric acute and chronic illness, advanced nursing practices for geriatric patients, evidence-based nursing practice, advanced physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and pharmacotherapeutics.
Examples: [Gerontological Nurse Practitioner]
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51.3821
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Health Unit Coordinator/Ward Clerk.
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A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of nurses or ward supervisors, to perform routine administrative and reception duties in a patient care unit within a hospital or other health care facility. Includes instruction in receiving and directing visitors, transcribing medical and nursing orders, preparing requisition forms, scheduling patient appointments and procedures, monitoring patients and personnel, and interpersonal skills.
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51.0703
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Health Unit Manager/Ward Supervisor.
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A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of nursing or medical service administrators, to supervise and coordinate the operations of one or more patient care units in hospitals or other health care facilities. Includes instruction in planning and initiating administrative procedures, personnel supervision, interpersonal skills, general and/or specialized health care operations and procedures, and consultation with other medical, nursing, and administrative team members.
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51.0704
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Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management.
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A program that prepares individuals to apply managerial principles to the administration of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other health care facilities. Includes instruction in facilities planning, building and operations management, business management, financial management and insurance, fund-raising and marketing, public relations, human resources management and labor relations, health care facilities operations, principles of health care delivery, and applicable law and regulations.
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51.0702
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Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training.
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A program that prepares individuals to assist in providing general nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse, physician or dentist. Includes instruction in taking patient vital signs, applying sterile dressings, patient health education, and assistance with examinations and treatment.
Examples: [Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)], [Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)], [Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training (Cert.)], [Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training (Dipl)], [Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training (AAS)]
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51.3901
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Long Term Care Administration/Management.
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A program that prepares individuals to apply managerial principles to the administration of nursing homes, assisted living facilities, adult day care, home health services, and other long term care settings and agencies serving the elderly and disabled. Includes instruction in social and clinical aspects of aging, health care delivery systems, nursing home administration, assisted living administration, aging policy and government programs, ethics, business management, financial management, human resource management, marketing, and applicable laws and regulations.
Examples: [Aging Services Management]
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51.0718
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Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing.
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A program that prepares registered nurses to provide prenatal care to pregnant women and to mothers and their newborn infants. Includes instruction in perinatal and newborn health assessment, stabilization, and care; pathophysiology of pregnancy, fetuses, and the newborn; clinical management of high-risk pregnancies and newborns; perinatal and neonatal technology and clinical procedures; and patient education.
Examples: [Neonatal Nurse Practitioner]
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51.3806
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Medical Informatics.
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A program that focuses on the application of computer science and software engineering to medical research and clinical information technology support, and the development of advanced imaging, database, and decision systems. Includes instruction in computer science, health information systems architecture, medical knowledge structures, medical language and image processing, quantitative medical decision modeling, imaging techniques, electronic medical records, medical research systems, clinical decision support, and informatics aspects of specific research and practice problems.
Examples: [Biomedical Informatics], [Health Informatics], [Dental Informatics], [Nursing Informatics]
See also: 11.0104 - Informatics., 26.1103 - Bioinformatics.
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51.2706
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Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery.
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A program that prepares registered nurses to independently deliver babies and treat mothers in the prenatal, delivery, and post-delivery periods. Includes instruction in pre-delivery screening, physician referral, and the care of infants during the delivery and immediate post-delivery phases.
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51.3807
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Nurse Practitioner Residency/Fellowship Program, General.
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A residency or fellowship program for licensed nurse practitioners that provides advanced didactic and clinical training in nursing. This CIP Code is not valid for IPEDS reporting.
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60.0701
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