{"title":"Celebrate Nursing Specialization and Expertise!","authors":"Jan Jones-Schenk","doi":"10.3928/00220124-20260129-02","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>March 19 is Certified Nurses Day every year. The day was originally established in honor of the work of Margretta Madden Styles, the leader of the accreditation movement in nursing, which includes specialty certification. March 19 was Gretta's birthday, so it is a fitting day to celebrate nursing expertise. Today in North America there are more than 150 nursing specialty certifications offered by 44 different certification boards. Certification in a nursing specialty is an important step in professional development and a way to demonstrate expertise and ongoing commitment to quality in practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":49295,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing","volume":"57 3","pages":"104-105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3928/00220124-20260129-02","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"NURSING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
March 19 is Certified Nurses Day every year. The day was originally established in honor of the work of Margretta Madden Styles, the leader of the accreditation movement in nursing, which includes specialty certification. March 19 was Gretta's birthday, so it is a fitting day to celebrate nursing expertise. Today in North America there are more than 150 nursing specialty certifications offered by 44 different certification boards. Certification in a nursing specialty is an important step in professional development and a way to demonstrate expertise and ongoing commitment to quality in practice.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing is a monthly peer-reviewed journal publishing original articles on continuing nursing education that are directed toward continuing education and staff development professionals, nurse administrators, and nurse educators in all health care settings, for over 50 years.