Happy Certified Nurses Day!
Posted over 7 years ago by Bethany Gleason
Happy Certified Nurses Day!
The South Central Chapter of AACN recognizes the unique contributions of certified nurses on Certified Nurses Day, March 19. Certification validates a nurse’s specialty knowledge for practice in a defined functional or clinical area of nursing.
According to data collected by the American Board of Nursing Specialties in 2016, more than 769,917 nurses in the United States and Canada held certifications. These certifications were granted by 28 certifying organizations and represent 144 different credentials. Currently, nearly 110,000 certified acute and critical care nurses hold AACN Certification Corporation’s credentials, such as CCRN, CCRN-K, CCRN-E, PCCN, PCCN-K, ACNPC, ACNPC-AG, CCNS, ACCNS-AG, ACCNS-P, ACCNS-N, CMC and CSC.
In addition, certification benefits patients and their families, validating that the nurse caring for them has demonstrated experience, knowledge and skills in the complex specialties of acute and critical care.
Certified Nurses Day is an annual worldwide event dedicated to celebrating certification as a means to ensure high standards of patient care and to promote continuing excellence in the nursing profession. Initially proposed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the day honors the birthday of the late Margretta “Greta” Madden Styles, an international pioneer of nursing certification who designed the first comprehensive study of nurse credentialing.
To all of you we wish you a very Happy Certified Nurses Day!
The South Central Connecticut AACN Board of Directors