Clinical Categories of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses

(1) Board recognized APRN clinical categories and abbreviations include: (a) Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA); (b) Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM); (c) Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP); (d) Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS); and (2) Psychiatric Nurse Mental Health Clinical Specialist (PNMHCS). This category corresponds to M.G.L. c. 94C, §§ 1, 7 and 9 and M.G.L. c. 112, §§ 80E, and includes the advanced practice registered nurse clinical category Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (PCNS).