title: Building an engaged and certified nursing workforce.
abstract: Professional certification has been linked to positive patient, system, and nurse outcomes. However, certification rates among nurses remain low. Using tenets from employee engagement theory, we designed strategies to fully engage nurses within our nursing division to pursue certification. After 1 year, certification rates more than doubled in our cardiac departments.
authors.affiliation: Forsyth Medical Center, 3333 Silas Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, NC 27103, USA. jdcallicutt@novanthealth.org
authors.forename: Dale
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Callicutt
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Norman
authors.forename: Lesa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Audrey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nichols
authors.forename: Daria
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kring
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002309:Cardiology / Q000193:education; D016507:Cardiology Service, Hospital; D002568:Certification / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003422:Critical Care; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009042:Motivation; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013686:Telemetry