Can provide increased feelings of competence and self

Can provide increased feelings of competence and self-confidence (Fights, 2015)
•
Helps foster safer work environments, helps educate colleagues, and contribute to a
culture of best practice (Rauen & Katz-Brock, 2014)
•
Provides career opportunities (American Nurses Credentialing Center [ANCC], n.d.)
•
Nurse mangers prefer to hire certified nurses because they have a proven
knowledge base in specialty practice and an enhanced ability to function in
complex patient care situations (Fights, 2015)

Impact on Professional
Certification
(cont.)
•
Cons (ANCC, n.d.)
•
Finances
•
Examination fees
•
Association/membership fees
•
Continuing education fees
•
Labor intensive
•
Time consuming to learn the
material
Initial Certification Testing
Prices
2011 All Exams
Examination fee for
American Nurses Association Me
mbers
$270
American Psychiatric Nurses
Association Members -
For Psychiatric Exams Only
$290
Discount Rate Organizations * $340
Examination fee for Non-
Members
$395
Pricing & Discounts Renewal
Non-member $350
American Nurses Association
members
$250

Relationship to ANA Scope and
Standards of Practice
•
Pros
•
Improve professional competencies (American Nurses Association
[ANA], 2010).
•
Motivation for continuous education for all
•
Mandates improvement in skills and quality of care
•
Improves health outcomes in patients and communities
•
Fosters networking in professional nurses
•
Demonstrates professionalism (ANA, 2010).

Relationship to ANA Scope and
Standards of Practice
•
Cons
•
Costly to implement
•
Time consuming
•
Professional resistance against the mandatory
requirement
•
Difficult to measure patient outcomes attributed to
education

Relationship to ANA Code of
Ethics
•
Ongoing training to engage with moral and organizational
complexity
•