Chappell Kathy, ElChamaa Rima, Jeong Dahn, Kendall-Gallagher Deborah, Salt Elizabeth, Reeves Scott, Moore Donald, Olson Curtis, Van Hoof Thomas, Lundmark Vicki, Danilovich Natalia, Kitto Simon
Authors Affiliations: Senior Vice President (Dr Chappell), Accreditation, Certification, and Measurement, and Director (Dr Lundmark), Institute for Credentialing Research, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland; Research Associates (Mss ElChamaa and Jeong and Dr Danilovich), Professor (Dr Kitto), Department of Innovation in Medical Education and Office of Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Adjunct Assistant Professor (Dr Gallagher), University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio School of Nursing; Associate Professor (Dr Salt), University of Kentucky, College of Nursing, Lexington; Professor (Dr Reeves), Center for Health and Social Research, Faculty of Health, Social Care, and Education, Kingston University & St George's University, London, England; Associate Professor (Dr Van Hoof), School of Nursing and school of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Mansfield; Director (Dr Moore), Division of Continuing Medical Education and Medical Education and Administration, and Director, Evaluation and Education, Office of Graduate Medical Education, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Assistant Professor, (Dr Olson), Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
J Nurs Adm. 2018 May;48(5):238-246. doi: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000000608.
To identify how certification is defined, conceptualized, and discussed in the nursing literature.
Although it is hypothesized that credentialing is associated with better patient outcomes, the evidence is relatively limited. Some authors have suggested that the lack of consistency used to define certification in nursing literature may be one of the dominant obstacles in credentialing research.
This scoping review was guided by Arksey and O'Malley's framework, and quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted.
The final data set contained a total of 36 articles, of which 14 articles provided a referenced definition of certification. Thematic analysis of the definitions yielded 8 dominant themes.
The lack of a common definition of certification in nursing must be addressed to advance research into the relationship between certification processes in nursing and healthcare outcomes.
确定护理文献中如何定义、概念化和讨论认证。
尽管据推测，认证与更好的患者预后相关，但证据相对有限。一些作者认为，护理文献中用于定义认证的不一致性可能是认证研究的主要障碍之一。
本范围综述以阿克西和奥马利的框架为指导，并进行了定量和定性分析。
最终数据集共包含36篇文章，其中14篇文章提供了认证的参考定义。对这些定义进行主题分析得出了8个主要主题。
必须解决护理领域认证缺乏统一定义的问题，以推进对护理认证过程与医疗保健结果之间关系的研究。
