title: Nurse credentialing research: a huge step forward.
abstract: This month, the executive director of the American Nurses Credentialing Center discuses the importance and impact of supporting a national credentialing nursing research agenda.
authors.affiliation: American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA. Karen.drenkard@ana.org
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Drenkard
mesh_terms: D003406:Credentialing; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States