Nursing and certification credentials are the credentials and certifications that a person must practice in order to take legal care. Postnominal nurse letters (abbreviations listed after name) reflect their credentials - that is, their achievements in nursing education, licensing, certification, and fellowship. Letters usually appear in the following order:
- The highest academic degree acquired in or related to nursing (eg "DNP or Ph.D.")
- Nursing licenses (e.g. "RN")
- Nursing certification (eg "CCRN")
- Nursing scholarship (eg "FAAN")
Generally registered credentials from the most up to the least permanent. The degree, once obtained, can not, under normal circumstances, be taken. The state license is only revoked for serious professional offenses. Certification should generally be periodically updated through the examination or completion of the number of established continuing education units (CEU). This is often called certification maintenance (MOC).
The nurse may also hold non-nursing credentials including an academic degree. These are usually eliminated unless they relate to nursing work. For example, those with a masters degree usually do not include their bachelor's degree (only the highest earned degree), and the staff nurse is unlikely to register an MBA, but the nursing manager may choose to do so.
Some nurses who attained a master's degree (MSN) leave the nursing care aspects of the patient, and practice in a more managerial role. An example would be getting MSN in health care risk management. Such a nurse, while still fully accredited nurse, is likely to be a risk manager for the hospital, working in health administration rather than direct care and may even be a director or manager of the risk management department. In this role, he or she may never see another patient except during a hospital examination, or may be talking to a patient or family about quality care concerns. In this role, the nurse becomes something akin to the auditor and teacher quality of patient care and risks for all hospital staff. The nurse will likely also get the certification listed below: CPHQ: Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality.
Nursing credentials are separated from people's names (and from each other) by commas. There is usually no period in the credentials (eg "BSN" instead of "B.S.N.").
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In the United States and Canada, many nurses who choose specialization become certified in the area, indicating that they have expert knowledge. There are more than 200 nursing specialties and subspecialties. Studies from the Institute of Medicine have shown that specialized certified nurses have higher patient satisfaction rates, as well as lower rates of work-related errors in patient care.
Registered nurses (RN) do not need to be certified in any specialization by law. For example, it is not necessary to be a registered medical certified nurse (CMSRN) for medical-surgical flooring (med-surgery), and most med-surg nurses are not CMSRNs. Certification, however, instills professionalism and makes nurses more attractive to today's candidates and employers. Certified nurses can earn a pay differential over their non-certification counterpart but this is rare.
Some hospitals and other health care facilities are willing to pay extra certified nurses when they work in their specialty. Also, some hospitals may require certain nurses, such as supervisor or lead nurse, certified. Certification instills trust in nurses. Magnetic hospitals support certification.
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