title: Which credentials should nursing adopt as standard? Preserve the CNS as it was meant to be recognized.
authors.affiliation: Purdue University, North Central, Westville, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Hasbargen
mesh_terms: D000004:Abbreviations as Topic; D003406:Credentialing / Q000592:standards; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000592:standards*; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States