212 results match your criteria: "American Nurses Credentialing Center.[Affiliation]"
Nurse Educ
February 2018
Author Affiliations: Senior Program Analyst (Ms White), American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland; and Professor (Dr Shellenbarger), Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Digital badges (DBs) serve as an innovative approach to gamifying nursing education by engaging socially connected, technologically savvy nursing students in learning. Because assessment and credentialing mechanisms are housed and managed online, DBs are designed as visible indicators of accomplishment and skill. This article describes important considerations for faculty when incorporating game-based pedagogies such as DB into nursing education and identifies potential pitfalls with DB use that faculty should consider.
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December 2017
Sheryl Cosme, Sr. Operations Manager, Accreditation Program, Practice Transitions Accreditation Program and Nursing Skills Competency Program, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
This column shares the best evidence-based strategies and innovative ideas on how to facilitate the learning and implementation of EBP principles and processes by clinicians as well as nursing and interprofessional students. Guidelines for submission are available at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.
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August 2017
Vice President of Magnet Recognition Program® and Pathway to Excellence, ® American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Md.
J Nurses Prof Dev
July 2019
Maryann Windey, PhD, MS, MSN, RN-BC, is Clinical Education Specialist, Clinical Learning, Lee Health, Fort Myers, Florida. Sheryl Cosme, DNP, RN-BC, is Sr. Operations Manager, Accreditation Program Practice Transitions Accreditation Program and Nursing Skills Competency Program, American Nurses Credentialing Center.
J Infus Nurs
September 2017
Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Deerfield, Illinois (Ms Kayler, Ms O'Brien, and Dr Beer); Creativ-Ceutical, Chicago, Illinois (Mr Sarangpur); and health economics and outcomes research independent consultant, Libertyville, Illinois (Ms Hedlund). Nancy Hedlund, MBA, BSPharm, is a PhD candidate in public health sciences at the University of Illinois, Chicago, and an independent consultant in health economics and outcomes research. At the time of this study she was associate director, Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research at Baxter Healthcare Corporation. She previously provided informatics support for Deloitte; led a consultant team at Hospira, Inc, responsible for intravenous medication systems; and practiced professionally as a pharmacist. Shishir Sarangpur, MS, BSPharm, is a research analyst at Creativ-Ceutical and has a background as a pharmacist. He is experienced in health outcomes/comparative effectiveness research and economic modeling, including in vascular thromboembolism, breast cancer, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes. Previously, he was a research technologist in pharmacy practice at the University of Illinois and an intern at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Shannon Kayler, BSN, RN, is a senior clinical manager at Baxter Healthcare. She continues to practice as a hospital operating room nurse a few days a month. She participates in human factors studies and in design and deployment of Baxter products for the global marketplace. Before coming to Baxter, she practiced in the operating room, as well as in the postanesthesia care unit. Kathy O'Brien, MSN, RN, APRN-BC, is a senior clinical services manager with Baxter Healthcare's Clinical Center of Excellence. She has more than 25 years of hospital experience in medical-surgical nursing and more than 10 years of experience as a nurse consultant in the medical device industry. She maintains American Nurses Credentialing Center certification as an adult health clinical nurse specialist. Idal Beer, MD, MBA, MPH, is global medical director, therapeutic area lead, at Baxter Healthcare Corporation. His background is in internal medicine and critical care medicine. His interests are in the areas of techniques and technologies intended to reduce bloodstream infections, medication errors, and costs associated with intravenous therapy.
This retrospective study of 6426 hip replacement, coronary artery bypass graft, and colectomy surgeries across 23 US hospitals found that intravenous (IV) set designs that can be interchanged for use both in gravity-fed and automated pump delivery systems are replaced less frequently than IV sets designed for use primarily by one delivery method. Semistructured interviews with nurses highlighted the impact of set design on nursing workflow when moving between gravity-fed and pump-based administration. Use of interchangeable, single-design IV sets across gravity and automated infusions minimizes disruptions to closed systems, may reduce nurses being distracted from patients' clinical needs when replacing sets, and may yield supply cost savings.
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January 2018
Author Affiliations: Senior Operations Manager, Accreditation (Dr Cosme), American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland; Associate Professor (Dr Milner), Sacred Heart University College of Nursing, Fairfield, Connecticut; Assistant Professor (Dr Wonder), Indiana University Bloomington.
Evidence-based practice (EBP) knowledge among prelicensure nursing students was measured before, immediately following, and 1 year after completion of an EBP course using a relatively new instrument. There was a significant increase in EBP knowledge immediately following the course, and knowledge was sustained 1 year later. Results enabled faculty to gauge the effectiveness of the EBP course within the curriculum to prepare students with the knowledge needed to enact EBP in practice.
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May 2017
Vice President of Magnet Recognition Program® and Pathway to Excellence, ® American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Md.
J Nurs Adm
May 2017
Author Affiliations: Associate Professor, Department of Innovation in Medical Education and Director of Research, Office of Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine (Dr Kitto); and PhD Student, Faculty of Education (Ms Grant), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and Senior Vice President, Certification/Measurement, Accreditation Program, and Institute for Credentialing Research (Dr Chappell), and Director, Institute for Credentialing Research (Dr Lundmark), American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Specialty certification is an important method to demonstrate that RNs possess advanced training, knowledge, and competencies required to provide safe, high-quality care for specific populations.
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April 2017
Author Affiliations: Associate Professor (Dr Johantgen), University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore; Professor (Dr Weiss), Marquette University College of Nursing, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Director (Dr Lundmark), Institute for Credentialing Research, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland; Dean and Distinguished Professor (Dr Newhouse), Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis; Vice President of Nursing and Clinical Affairs (Dr Haller), Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Baltimore, Maryland; Professor (Dr Unruh), College of Health and Public Affairs, University of Central Florida, Orlando; and Professor (Dr Shirey), School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Objective: The aim of this study was to describe the infrastructures supporting research in Magnet® hospitals.
Background: Hospitals undertaking the journey toward Magnet designation must build research and evidence-based practice (EBP) infrastructures that support the infusion of research and EBP into clinical practice.
Methods: An electronic survey was developed and distributed to the chief nursing officer or Magnet coordinator of all Magnet hospitals between June 10, 2015, and July 8, 2015.
Nurs Manage
February 2017
Vice President of Magnet Recognition Program® and Pathway to Excellence, ® American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Md.
J Nurses Prof Dev
June 2017
Kathy Chappell, PhD, RN, FNAP, FAAN, is Vice President, Accreditation Program and Institute for Credentialing Research, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
J Nurs Adm
October 2016
Interim Chief Officer, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland
J Nurs Adm
September 2016
Author Affiliation: Director, Magnet Recognition Program®, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Commission on Magnet® Recognition is a voluntary governing body that oversees the Magnet Recognition Program®. Commission members are appointed by the ANCC Board of Directors and are expert representatives from various sectors of the nursing community. In addition, 1 commission member represents public consumers.
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April 2016
Author Affiliations: Executive Director (Ms Judge), American Nurses Foundation; and Executive Vice President and Chief Officer (Ms Lewis), American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland; and Director (Ms Lewis), Magnet Recognition Program® Silver Spring, Maryland.
J Nurs Adm
March 2016
Author Affiliation: Director of Collaboratives, American Nurses Credentialing Center Certification, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Annually, Certified Nurses Day honors nurses worldwide who contribute to better patient outcomes through board certification in their specialty. Certification affirms advanced knowledge, skill, and practice to meet the challenges of modern nursing and our shared goal of a healthy citizenry. In this month's Magnet® Perspectives column, the value of certification is discussed and why this credential promotes environments of nursing excellence.
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February 2016
Author Affiliation: Chief ANCC Officer, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
J Nurs Adm
January 2016
Author Affiliation: Vice President, ANCC Accreditation Program and Institute for Credentialing Research, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Creating a safe and supportive clinical learning environment where students can learn collaboratively with each other and with practicing healthcare providers is the responsibility of Magnet® leaders. In this month's Magnet Perspectives, the Vice President of the ANCC Accreditation Program and Institute for Credentialing Research discusses the imperative for interprofessional learning environments.
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October 2015
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland
J Nurs Adm
October 2015
Author Affiliation: Director, Pathway to Excellence Program, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland. The author declares no conflicts of interest.
Nurse executives (NEs) are operating in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world. NEs must create supportive environments that promote staff empowerment, resilience, and alignment, to ensure organizational success. In addition, NEs need to be transparent and create a culture of partnership with their staff.
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October 2015
Author Affiliation: Vice President, Certification and Measurement Services, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
The vice president of the Certification and Measurement Services for the American Nurses Credentialing Center presents this month's column focused on the value of certification for both the patient and the organization.
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September 2015
Author Affiliation: Senior Operations Manager, Accreditation Program, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
In this month's column, the Senior Accreditation Operations Manager of the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) discusses the value of nursing residency programs and current discussion in the profession, along with criteria offered by the ANCC to support this imperative for both RNs and advanced practice RNs including new graduates and those transitioning between clinical settings.
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May 2016
Pam Dickerson, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, is Director of Continuing Education for the Montana Nurses Association, Montana City. Kathy Chappell, PhD, RN, is Vice President of Accreditation and the Institute for Credentialing Research, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
One of the hallmarks of quality continuing education developed using accreditation criteria is content integrity. Components of content integrity include identifying, resolving, and disclosing conflict of interest; ensuring content is based on the best available evidence; managing commercial support (if applicable); and presenting the educational activity free of promotion or bias. This article explores content integrity, conflict of interest, and commercial support.
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June 2015
Author Affiliation: Director (Dr Lundmark) and Research Associate (Ms Ingram), Institute for Credentialing Research, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
This column is presented to report an update on the status of research on credentialing in nursing by the director of the Institute for Credentialing Research at the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The author presents an overview of the 5 meetings held to explore this topic and recommendations for further study.
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April 2016
Kathy B. Chappell, PhD, RN, is Vice President, Accreditation Program and Institute for Credentialing Research; and Director, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland. Kathy C. Richards, PhD, RN, FAAN, is University Professor for Doctoral Programs and Research Development, School of Nursing, College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
This systematic review evaluated the relationship between new graduate nurses and clinical leadership skill, and between new graduate nurse transition programs and clinical leadership skill. New graduate nurse transition programs have been cited as one strategy to improve clinical leadership skill, but to our knowledge, no one has synthesized the evidence on new graduate nurse transition programs and clinical leadership skill. Results of this review showed that new graduate nurse transition programs that were at least 24 weeks in length had a positive impact on clinical leadership skill.
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May 2015
Author Affiliation: Executive Vice President and Chief Officer, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Director, Magnet Recognition Program®, Silver Spring, Maryland.
This column, presented by the executive vice president and chief officer of the American Nurses Credentialing Center, Linda Lewis, MSA, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, discusses a topic of interest to nurse executives as they develop plans for the nursing workforce. Ms Lewis addresses the direction of the Magnet Recognition Program® with regard to requirements for staffing mix.
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