title: The role of professional nursing organizations in maintaining a healthy workplace.
abstract: This article discusses how professional nursing organizations contribute to the goal of a healthy nursing practice environment through offering continuing education, developing practice standards, and promoting nursing competence through certifications.
authors.affiliation: barbweber@comcast.net
authors.forename: Barbara B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000451:nursing*; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D017132:Workplace