research

Promoting Excellence in Nursing Certification

ABNS promotes research activities that advance knowledge regarding specialty nursing certification. The Research Committee is charged with implementing tactics and projects that support our strategic goals related to research including:

  • Establishing a national nursing certification research agenda.
  • Encouraging and facilitating the conduct and dissemination of research on nursing certification and continued competency.

Click here to read about the ABNS Value of Certification Study.

Click here to access information regarding the outcomes of the Nursing Certification and Competency Summit, held in October 2009.

Research Committee Members:

C. Lynne Grief, RN, PhD, CEN
Funded by BCEN

Peg Harrison, MS, RN, CPNP
Funded by PNCB

Vicki A. Lundmark, PhD
Funded by ANCC

June Lunney, PhD, RN
Funded by NBCHPN

Patricia Muenzen, MA
Funded by PES

Mary O'Neale, RN, MN, CNOR
Funded by CCI

Leslie Anne Patry, RN, BScN, MScN
Funded by Canadian Nurses Association

James Penny, PhD
Funded by CASTLE WORLDWIDE, Inc.

Julie Ponto, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, AOCN
Funded by ONCC

Maria Shirey, RN, MS, MBA, FACHE, CNAA, BC
Funded by AACN Certification Corporation

Melissa Biel, DPA, RN
ABNS Research Liaison

Bonnie Niebuhr, MS, RN, CAE
ABNS CEO