ANCC-Credentialing Center
ANCC’s certification programs validate nurses’ skills, knowledge, and abilities. ANCC board certification and recognition empowers nurses within their professional sphere of activity and contributes to better patient outcomes.
http://nursecredentialing.org/Certification.aspx
The Future of Nursing
The IOM report (2010) makes recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing in which the roles, responsibilities and education of nurses are changed to meet the future demands for care that will be crated by health care reform in the US.
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12956
Healthy Workplaces
The Magnet Recognition Program® recognizes healthcare organizations for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice.
http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Magnet.aspx
Caring Theories
Article: Caring and the Professional Practice of Nursing
http://www.rnjournal.com/journal_of_nursing/caring.htm
Caregiver Support
Strength For Caring is a comprehensive website designed to provide family caregivers with a broad range of expert content and information, an emerging on-line community, daily inspiration, and much needed support.
http://www.strengthforcaring.com/
Caregiver Support
Links to stories from Strength for Caring Website
Strength For Caring: A Place for Caregivers
Strength for Caring Stories