Nurse leader certification preparation: how are confidence levels impacted?

Abstract

The health-care climate is increasingly complex and nurse leaders need the expertise to navigate the ever-changing health-care environment. Certification in a specialty, such as leadership, serves as an indicator of a high level of competence in the field.

The Meaning and Value of Certification

“…Lifelong learning is an important aspect of professional development that provides a means to keep abreast of changing practices and technology. 5,9,14,15 The 2010 Institute of Medicine report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health 16 states that lifelong learning is necessary for continued competence when providing care for changing and diverse patient groups. Pursuing certification is a mechanism for staying up-todate with evidence-based best practices and technological advances in the perioperative setting.…”

Evaluation of a proactive hiring model to achieve workforce stability in the intensive care unit

“…While a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree is the general requirement for a nurse manager position (Warshawsky et al, 2020), specific context related to the AONL Nurse Manager Competencies is not included in current curriculums (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2008). An estimated 39% (Warshawsky & Cramer, 2019) of nurse managers hold a graduate degree that is likely to include content supporting leadership-focused skills (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2011), and only 15% hold a nursing leadership certification, which reflects achievement of the AONL Nurse Manager Competencies (Junger et al, 2016). Current nurse managers are likely to have less than 4 years of leadership experience, which is minimal considering nurse managers may not be proficient until their seventh year of leadership (Warshawsky & Cramer, 2019).…”