title: National certification for home care nurses: bird by bird.
abstract: The opportunity to be certified as a generalist in home care nursing has been available since 1993, with the new certification as specialist available in 1996. Home Healthcare Nurse asked Janet Wilson, a nurse educator and member of our editorial board, to answer the questions: What is certification? Why should I think of becoming certified? and How do I go about it?
authors.affiliation: University of Oklahoma College of Nursing, Oklahoma City, USA.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans