Tenney J, Golden-Baker S B, DeMoucell P J, Wians K M
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Certification empowers nurses by validating their clinical competency and continued professional growth. This article discusses the current state of certification in the nursing profession. The potential benefits to the certified nurse and the costs in both time and money needed to achieve and maintain certification are addressed. The article also describes how the nursing department of a 284-bed rehabilitation hospital developed a program to promote specialty certification among its nursing staff. The process and outcome of this program revealed several potential research topics.
认证通过验证护士的临床能力和持续的专业成长来赋予他们权力。本文讨论了护理专业认证的现状。文中阐述了认证对持证护士的潜在益处以及获得和维持认证所需的时间和金钱成本。本文还描述了一家拥有284张床位的康复医院的护理部门如何制定一项计划来促进其护理人员获得专业认证。该计划的过程和结果揭示了几个潜在的研究课题。