ABNS provides valuable resources to member organizations and the general public to explain ABNS' role in the nursing community and help them to promote specialty certification including:

• Acronyms
• American Journal of Nursing 2009 Career Guide - Your Guide to Certification (Please note: not all of the organizations listed in the Career Guide are ABNS members or accredited by ABSNC.)
• Certification Bibliography
• Clinical Practice Requirements for Certification and Recertification - A Review of Entry Level Certification Programs
• Defining Features of Quality Certification and Assessment-Based Certificate Programs - A paper published by the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE).
• Difference between National Certification and Certificate Programs
• Environmental Scan
• Fact Sheet
• Links
• Marketing Toolkit
• Nursing License Map
• Position statements
• Strategic Plan
• Statement on Continuing Competence for Nursing: A Call to Action
• Value of Certification Study

Click here to access information regarding the outcomes of the Nursing Certification and Competency Summit, held in October 2009.

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In this section:

• Acronyms
• APRN
• Certification Bibliography
• Fact Sheet
• Links
• Marketing Toolkit
• Position Statements
• Strategic Plan

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