ABNS
provides valuable resources to member organizations and the general
public to explain ABNS’ role in the nursing community and help them to
promote specialty certification including:
Certification Bibliography
Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification & Education (2008)
Defining
Features of Quality Certification and Assessment-Based Certificate
Programs – A paper published by the Institute for Credentialing
Excellence (ICE).
Nursing License Map
State Boards of Nursing Recognize Certification In Lieu of CE
ABNS
thanks member organization, the Board of Certification for Emergency
Nursing (BCEN), for sharing the information from their Advocacy Project
where they have advocated on behalf of nursing certification to be
recognized by State Boards of Nursing as a proxy for continuing
education requirements. The links below will provide more information
about this project as well as map showing which states recognize
certification programs.
www.bcencertifications.org/Tools-Resources/US-Map-for-RN-Renewal.aspx• Student Nurse/LPN/LVN Information
National Student Nurses Association
National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Services, Inc. (NAPNES) at www.napnes.org
National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN) at www.nflpn.org
Workplace Violence and Harassment in Healthcare. For more information visit www.nationalhealthcareed.com and click on Workplace Violence and Harassment.
ABNS provides valuable resources to member organizations and the general public to explain ABNS’ role in the nursing community and help them to promote specialty certification including:
State Boards of Nursing Recognize Certification In Lieu of CE ABNS thanks member organization, the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN), for sharing the information from their Advocacy Project where they have advocated on behalf of nursing certification to be recognized by State Boards of Nursing as a proxy for continuing education requirements. The links below will provide more information about this project as well as map showing which states recognize certification programs.
National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Services, Inc. (NAPNES) at www.napnes.org
National Federation of Licensed Practical Nurses (NFLPN) at www.nflpn.org
Workplace Violence and Harassment in Healthcare. For more information visit www.nationalhealthcareed.com and click on Workplace Violence and Harassment.
Resources
Regarding Verification of Credentials ABNS does not verify certification credentials of individual certified nurses. To verify a credential, contact the certifying agency that granted the credential. ABNS does not administer certification programs.
This website contains information specific to specialty nursing certification and is not intended or designed to give medical or nursing advice.