title: Caring for nurses: hospital-based study groups for certification.
abstract: This article describes a hospital-based initiative that provides support for nurses who wish to become certified in a nursing specialty. Because certification becomes increasingly important to individual nurses and acute care organizations, opportunities to support nurses in this endeavor need to be developed. Through the efforts of the director of education and the support of nursing administration, study groups aimed toward assisting nurses to become certified have grown in number throughout this hospital.
authors.affiliation: Central Baptist Hospital, Lexington, KY, USA. mblair@bhsi.com
authors.forename: Mendy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blair
authors.forename: Karen S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Billie Jean
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Senn
authors.forename: Dorothy Ann
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Brockopp
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007629:Kentucky; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D012944:Social Support; D013041:Specialties, Nursing; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*