title: State of the research on credentialing: the Institute of Medicine Standing Committee on Credentialing Research in Nursing.
abstract: This column is presented to report an update on the status of research on credentialing in nursing by the director of the Institute for Credentialing Research at the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The author presents an overview of the 5 meetings held to explore this topic and recommendations for further study.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliation: Director (Dr Lundmark) and Research Associate (Ms Ingram), Institute for Credentialing Research, American Nurses Credentialing Center, Silver Spring, Maryland.
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lundmark
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ingram
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000592:standards*; D015400:Clinical Nursing Research / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends*; D003406:Credentialing / Q000592:standards*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D015969:National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, U.S., Health and Medicine Division; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D012956:Societies, Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States