title: The certification process. History and significance for addictions nursing practice.
abstract: The addictions nursing certification process will become a reality for the nurse. Ideally, this process will provide a method of ensuring quality care while maintaining self-regulation by the profession. The literature supports certification based on standards of care as a measure of that quality of care and as a voluntary mechanism selected by the practicing nurse. Many professional issues lie ahead for specialty nursing practice in the 1990s. The addictions nursing certification established by the NNSA offers a quality basis for certification implementation. The addictions nursing practice certification credential can provide the acknowledgement that the nurse has mastered a body of knowledge and skills reflective of a specialty nursing area.
authors.affiliation: University of Phoenix, Arizona.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification / Q000266:history / Q000592:standards; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000451:nursing*; D014481:United States