Original paper

Retooling the RN workforce in long-term care: Nursing certification as a pathway to quality improvement

Volume: 35, Issue: 3, Pages: 182 - 187
Published: May 1, 2014
Abstract
This article describes a project to improve nursing care quality in long-term care (LTC) by retooling registered nurses' (RN) geriatric clinical competence. A continuing education course was developed to prepare LTC RNs (N = 84) for national board certification and improve technological competence. The certification pass-rate was 98.5%. The study used a mixed methods design with retrospective pretests administered to RN participants....
Paper Details
Title
Retooling the RN workforce in long-term care: Nursing certification as a pathway to quality improvement
Published Date
May 1, 2014
Volume
35
Issue
3
Pages
182 - 187
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