Week 6 Assignment: Scholarly Paper Phase 2 (Graded)

Summary of the article titled “Making the case for nursing specialty certification: Promote the profession, advance your career, and improve patient care” by Blozen, Barbara. The article explains the advantages of nursing specialty certification, the benefits that come with it, the steps to take and where to go to get more information on getting specialty certification.

            Specialty certification by a recognized nursing organization supports and validates the nursing profession and professionalism. it’s beneficial to have certification in a specialty. Specialty certification gives nurses advancement, financial increment and more confidence in their nursing skills. American nurses’ credentialing center provides a requirement for certification. Pursuing and attaining a nursing specialty certification is a personal accomplishment and professional success. Blozen (2019 pg 60) states in her article that ” Nursing specialty can provide opportunities for advancement and differentiate you from others seeking the same position you are.”  Blozen (2019 pg 60) wrote, “According to the 2018 survey, nurses certified in their specialty earn 23% more on average than their not certified coworkers.”

       Organizations recognize nurses that earned their certification in their specialty by organizing parties for the employee, giving onuses, adding certification identification on their badges. Research had shown that specialty certification increases your nursing confidence and impact patient care positively. Before choosing a specialty, you have to know the nursing areas you are drawn to, your strength, weakness and the are you have the most experience. There are a requirements for applying to any nursing specialty certification.

    The article  Making The Case for Nursing Specialty Certification impact my future professional nursing practice by the t the information it gives on the need I will need to specialize in the nursing field I might choose in the future, the benefit I will derive from certification, tips on how to prepare for the certification. Although I don’t know the specialty will choose, I am leaning toward Medical-Surgical certification for now. This article gives me more information on how to study, the website to get the list of nursing the requirements I need to be specialized. It gives me more understanding of the benefits of getting specialization in the nursing field. How it will benefit me and enhance my confidence in my nursing skills.

               It is my goal to reach at least the Masters level in Nursing Education, although I am not sure of the specialty I will do, but I, know where I want to reach and all I am doing now as a new nurse is to be confident in my critical thinking and my skills.

            Nursing Specialty Certification is benefitial to both nurses and the organisation the nurses work for. Blozem (2019 pg 61) explains the steps to take to prepare for the certification exams, the website togo to know what is require for  the nursing specialty certification onedesire to pursue,

References

 Blozen B.B  (Dec 2018 ) , Making the case for nursing specialty certification: Promote the profession, advance your career, and improve patient care . HealthCom Media http://americannursetoday.com

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According to Hood (2018), “individual nurse and employing organization factors can facilitate research utilization and evidence-based practice in the clinical practice setting” (p. 266). Fall prevention strategies is a nursing care issue; I will like to see change through EBP. Falls can cause prolong hospital stay, utilization of resources, and can be expensive for the institution. In my unit, we have had four falls for the year because someone forgets to turn on the bed alarm or may disregard the fall risk sore of moderate for a young person. According to Joint Commission (JCO), Sentinel alert event (2015),  “Patients of all ages are at risk for falls due to physical and physiological changes or ailment.”

One of the ways I can research evidence-based practice is by using CINAHL complete database on the library guide. I will formulate a question such as strategies nurses can use to prevent fall in the hospital setting, since it is EBP I am interested in, I will ensure it is selected at the bottom of the screen. Several EBP articles will pop up; as a result, I will have to tweak my research several times so that I can get the best realistic results to suit my work environment. Prior research method, along with EBP, has shown to assist nurses and other providers decrease the frequencies of falls (Nevada state college, 2018). 

References:

Hood, L. (2018). Developing and using nursing knowledge through research.  Leddy & pepper’s professional nursing (p. 266). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Nevada State College. (2018, April 2). Nurses use evidence-based practice to avoid falls. Nevada State College Online. https://online.nsc.edu/articles/rn-bsn/evidence-based-practice-avoid-falls.aspxLinks to an external site.

Sentinel event alert 55 preventing falls and fall related injuries in health care facilities. (2015, September 28). https://www.jointcommission.org/resources/patient-safety-topics/sentinel-event/sentinel-event-alert-newsletters/sentinel-event-alert-55-preventing-falls-and-fall-related-injuries-in-health-care-facilities/Links to an external site.