Increasing nurse certification rates using a multimodal approach

Area of Science:

• Nursing Education
• Healthcare Quality Improvement
• Pediatric Nursing

Background:

• Specialty nursing certification offers advantages for nurses, patients, and healthcare systems.
• Barriers to certification can hinder nurses and impact organizational certification rates.
• Increasing nursing specialty certification is a goal for many healthcare organizations.

Purpose of the Study:

• To describe the process and outcomes of a multimodal plan.
• To support nurses pursuing specialty certification in pediatric nursing.
• To identify strategies for increasing nursing certification rates.

Main Methods:

• Implementation of a multimodal support plan.
• Focus on preparing nurses for pediatric specialty certification exams.
• Data collection on plan outcomes and nurse participation.

Main Results:

• The multimodal plan facilitated nurse preparation for certification.
• Outcomes demonstrated the effectiveness of the support strategies.
• Insights gained into overcoming barriers to specialty certification.

Conclusions:

• A structured, multimodal approach can successfully prepare and support nurses for specialty certification.
• Investing in certification support enhances nursing staff qualifications.
• This model can be adapted by other institutions to boost pediatric nursing certification.