Abstract
Over the past 15 years, more than 5,000 nurses have earned specialty nursing certification in pediatrics. While approximately 68% of these nurses have maintained this certification, many have allowed their certification to lapse. Surveys were conducted to describe differences between these two groups.
MeSH terms
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Attitude of Health Personnel*
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Certification / organization & administration*
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Clinical Competence / standards
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Educational Status
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Employment / organization & administration
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Factor Analysis, Statistical
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Humans
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Motivation*
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Nurse's Role
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Nursing Education Research
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Nursing Methodology Research
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Nursing Staff* / education
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Nursing Staff* / organization & administration
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Nursing Staff* / psychology
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Pediatric Nursing* / education
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Pediatric Nursing* / organization & administration
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Regression Analysis
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Salaries and Fringe Benefits / statistics & numerical data
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Surveys and Questionnaires