Professional certification is granted by specialty nursing organizations to those individuals who demonstrate excellence in a clinical or professional area of practice. Certification is initially earned when a nurse c...[ For more details and to view the Webcast, click here.]

Licensure is the process by which an agency of state government grants permission to an individual to engage in a given profession upon finding that the applicant has attained the essential degree of competency...[ For more details and to view the Webcast, click here.]

Nursing Home Licensure and Certification Section

General Information:

The Nursing Home Licensure and Certification Section licenses nursing homes to operate in the State of North Carolina. A potential owner of a...[ For more details and to view the Webcast, click here.]

Barbara Stevens Barnum, RN, PhD, FAAN

Abstract

This article provides an historical overview of the three major ways that nursing regulates the profession, its members, and their performance, i.e., licensure, cer...[ For more details and to view the Webcast, click here.]