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Relationship Between Nurse Certification and Clinical Patient Outcomes: A Systematic Literature Review
1Department of Nursing, Security Forces Hospital Program, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Background:
Certification of nurses has been identified as a strategy to improve health care quality. However, the impact nursing certification has on clinical patient outcomes remains unclear.
Purpose:
The purpose was to examine the relationship between nursing certification and clinical outcomes.
Methods:
A systematic review of the literature was conducted through the search of relevant bibliographic databases (CINAHL Plus, PubMed, Medline, and Cochrane Collaboration).
Results:
Nursing certification was found to have a significant inverse relationship to patient falls and health care-associated infections. Significant correlations were not established in outcomes such as pressure injuries and mortality.
Conclusions:
The validation of knowledge through nursing certification has an impact on specific outcomes such as patients falls and health care-associated infections.
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