Subscribe to our e-digest, Nursing Notes. Clinical Nurse Specialist. A Clinical Nurse Specialist is an expert at diagnosing and treating illness in their area of expertise. Clinical Nurse Specialists focus on one of three main specialty areas: patients and their families, nurse management, and administration. The rest of the nursing staff looks to the Clinical Nurse Specialist for guidance in their practice and help with efficiency in the workplace.
Storm surge is an abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, over and above the predicted astronomical tides. Storm surge should not be confused with storm tide, which is defined as the water level rise due to the combination of storm surge and the astronomical tide.
In general a surge is a transient wave of current, voltage or power in an electric circuit. In power systems in particular â and this is likely the most common context that we relate surges to â a surge, or transient, is a subcycle overvoltage with a duration of less than a half-cycle of the normal voltage waveform.urges are generally measured in microseconds. Every piece of electrical equipment is designed to operate at a specified nominal voltage such as 120 Vac, 240 Vac, 480 Vac, and so on.