ABNS and CCI Partner to Create Unified Research Agenda

The American Board of Nursing Specialties (ABNS) recently published an article “Building an International Research Agenda” discussing their partnership with the Competency and Credentialing Institute (CCI) to host The Nursing Certification and Competency Summit.

The summit, held in October 2009, convened leaders and experts from nursing certification organizations, affiliated credentialing agencies, testing companies and consumer advocates to obtain consensus and establish priorities on a unified research agenda supporting nursing certification.

Close to 100 participants collaborated and laid the groundwork to achieve the research goals. The three overarching research priorities that serve as the framework for the agenda include: (1) the impact of certification on patient outcomes; (2) continuing competence in nursing; and (3) the health care work environment and certification.

To read the full article “Building an International Research Agenda, click here. The official research agenda and the supporting documents from the National Certification and Competency Summit are available online at http://nursingcertification.org/meetings-summit.html.