News from ANCC

• Announcing the New ANCC Pathway Award™, Sponsored by Cerner
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center is proud to launch The ANCC Pathway Award™, sponsored by Cerner. A $10,000 award will honor a project proposal in a Pathway to Excellence® designated organization that demonstrates innovation and technology to create a positive nurse practice environment. The winning project will advance the Pathway to Excellence Practice Standards and improve the practice environment in the designated organization.
  
  The award will be presented during the 2012 Pathway to Excellence Conference™, Thursday, May 3, 2012 - Friday, May 4,2012, at the Renaissance Arlington Hotel in Arlington, Virginia 22202 (Washington, DC Metro Area).
  
  Complement your Pathway to Excellence designation by winning the first ANCC Pathway Award, sponsored by Cerner. You will receive recognition at the Pathway to Excellence Conference and your innovative technology project will be announced on the ANCC web site.
  
  
• New Study Finds Superior Nurse Work Environments in Magnet® Hospitals; Renowned Researcher Notes Higher Education Levels, Less Burnout Among Magnet Nurses
  
  
• Bassett Medical Center Announced as the 2011 Magnet Prize® Winner
  
  
• The Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA) Becomes the Official Leadership Journal of the Magnet Recognition Program®
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW), part of Wolters Kluwer Health, announced a joint marketing agreement between the Magnet Recognition Program® and The Journal of Nursing Administration (JONA). Beginning with the October 2011 issue, JONA will become "The Official Leadership Journal of the Magnet Recognition Program."
  
  
• ANCC Honors Outstanding Clinicians with First Annual Magnet® Nurse of the Year Awards
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) presented its first Magnet® Nurse of the Year Awards to recognize the outstanding contributions of patient care clinicians working in Magnet hospitals.
  
  
• Inspirational Leader Received President's Award from the American Nurses Credentialing Center: Debbie Dawson Hatmaker, PhD, RN-BC, SANE-A
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has given its prestigious President’s Award to Debbie Dawson Hatmaker, PhD, RN-BC, SANE-A, for her distinguished tenure as president of the ANCC Board of Directors.
  
  
• International Magnet Champion Receives ANCC's HRH Princess Al-Hussein Award
  
  
• Outgoing JONA Editor-in-Chief Receives Special Recognition Award
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) presented the President’s Special Recognition Award to Suzanne P. Smith, EdD, RN, FAAN, who recently retired as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Nursing Administration™ (JONA) after 30 years.
  
  
• ANCC Announces 2011 Certified Nurse Award Winners
  
  
• The Magnet Recognition Program® Launches the Magnet Learning Communities™
  
  
• ANCC Names Christine Pabico as Director of the Pathway to Excellence® Programs
  
  
• The Leapfrog Group Will Publicly Report on Magnet Recognition
  In recognition of a growing body of studies highlighting the key role nurses’ play in patient safety, The Leapfrog Group announced they will publicly report on hospitals that have demonstrated nursing excellence on Leapfrog’s annual hospital survey.
  
  
• ANCC Announces 2011 Accreditation Premier Program Award Winner
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) is pleased to announce the American College of Cardiology as the winner of the 2011 Accreditation Premier Program Award.
  
  
• Nursing School Dean Michael Evans Appointed Next ANCC President
  
  
• National Magnet Nurse of the Year™ Awards
  The awards recognize the outstanding contribution of patient care clinicians demonstrated through excellence achieved in leadership, clinical practice, innovations, and positive outcomes. There are five award categories: Transformational Leadership, Structural Empowerment, Exemplary Professional Practice, New Knowledge, Innovations & Improvements, and Empirical Outcomes. Winners will be announced at the 2011 National Magnet Conference® in Baltimore, MD, October 4-6.
  
  
• Ellen Swartwout, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, GCDF, to Lead ANCC Certification Program
  
  
• ANCC Announces Craig Luzinski, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, as Director of the Magnet Recognition Program®
  
  
• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Appoints Executive Director Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
  
  
• ANCC Announces Summit to Develop National Research Agenda for Credentialing in Nursing
  
  
• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and Cerner Corporation Announce the 2010 Magnet Prize™ Winner — St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and Cerner Corporation, a global supplier of healthcare solutions, announced St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center of Paterson, NJ, as the winner of the 2010 Magnet Prize™ sponsored by Cerner Corporation at the National Magnet Conference® in Phoenix, AZ.
  
  
• American Nurses Credentialing Center and Cerner Corporation Announce 2010 Magnet Honors Winners
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and Cerner Corporation (Nasdaq: CERN), a global supplier of healthcare solutions, announced Bassett Medical Center of Cooperstown, NY, and Cleveland Clinic Health System of Cleveland, OH, as winners of the 2010 Magnet Honors at the National Magnet Conference in Phoenix, AZ.
  
  
• ANCC Executive Director Dr. Jeanne Floyd, PhD, RN, CAE, Announces Her Retirement
  
  
• ANCC Announces 2010 Certified Specialty Nurse Award Winner: Richard T. Hader, PhD, RN, NE-BC, FAAN, CHE, CPHQ
  
  
• ANCC Announces 2010 Certified Advanced Practice Nurse Award Winner: Diane L. Huber, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
  
  
• Visionary Nurse Innovator Receives President's Leadership Award from American Nurses Credentialing Center
  
  
• ANCC Honors the DAISY Foundation for Its Inspirational Support of Nurses
  
  
• ANCC Sponsors $2500 Award for Kansas City Nursing Student
  Flora Bradley of Kansas City, Mo., has been awarded the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) sponsored GED® Testing Service Tuition Scholarship, presented at the 2010 International GED Administrator’s Conference in St. Louis, MO.
  
  
• ANCC and Cerner Corporation Announce Poudre Valley Hospital as the 2009 Magnet Prize™ Winner
  
  
• ISQua International Conference
  
  
• ANCC President and Executive Director Attend International Council of Nurses 24th Quadrennial Congress in Durban, South Africa
  
  
• Mary A. (Mandy) Doolittle
  1950-2009
  The tragic accident on Washington, DC’s, Metrorail on Monday, June 22, 2009, claimed the life of our friend and colleague Mandy Doolittle. She began her tenure with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a senior administrative assistant. Then, after two years as the senior governance specialist at the American Nurses Association (ANA), Mandy rejoined ANCC as the senior international credentialing specialist—a position she held for nearly eight years until her death.
  
  
• Magnet Recognition Program® in the News
  Recognizing quality patient care, nursing excellence, and innovations in professional nursing practice, ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program® provides consumers with the ultimate benchmark to measure the quality of care that they can expect to receive.
  
  
• $25,000 Grant Awarded to Support Research on Hospital Care of Older Adults
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) selected Marie Boltz, PhD, RN, GNP-BC as winner of the 2008 Margretta Madden Styles Credentialing Scholars Grant Award. Dr. Boltz will use her $25,000 grant to examine the relationship between the quality of nursing in geriatric units and the percentage of nurses in those units who are certified.
  
  
• American Nurses Credentialing Center's (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program® Supports the Daisy Award for Extraordinary Nurses
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) announces its support for the use of The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses as a way to recognize and make visible the contribution and value of nurses wherever nursing is practiced.
  
  
• ANCC Mourns Loss of Original Magnet™ Researcher: Mabel A. Wandelt, PhD, RN, FAAN
  
  
• American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and Cerner Corporation Announce the 2008 Magnet Prize™ Winner – Abington Hospital
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and Cerner Corporation, a leading supplier of healthcare information technology, announced Abington Hospital as the winner of this year’s 2008 Magnet Prize at the National Magnet Conference in Salt Lake City, UT at the Salt Palace Convention Center, October 15-17.
  
  
• ANCC Announces Winner of First Credentialing Advocacy Partner Award
  The American Nurse Credentialing Center recognized Mary B. Edelen, MA, of Vermillion, S. Dakota, as the first recipient of the ANCC Credentialing Advocacy Partner Award. The award was presented at this year’s National Magnet Conference™ in Salt Lake City, October 15 – 17.
  
  
• Nevada Student Wins Award Sponsored by ANCC
  Georganna Reynolds of Reno, Nevada has been awarded the American Nurses Credentialing Center-sponsored GED® Testing Service Tuition Scholarship, presented at the GED Graduates’ Awards Dinner on July 16, 2008 in Sparks, NV.
  
  
• ANCC Announces New Credentials for Clinical Nurse Specialists
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Commission on Certification (COC) has officially announced ANCC’s new advanced practice credentials for clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) and nurse practitioners (NPs). The previous credential, APRN,BC (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, Board Certified) is retired effective January 1, 2008.
  
  
• ANCC Updates Nursing Administration Certifications and Credentials
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) is changing the names of its Nursing Administration certification exams and updating the credentials to bring them in line with contemporary health care culture and terminology. The new names for these exams are Nurse Executive and Nurse Executive, Advanced.
  
  
• New Name & Credential for Advanced Public/Community Health Certification
  The ANCC Commission on Certification announces new name and credential for advanced public/community health certification. The change, which is not retroactive, is effective from May 18, 2008.
  
  
• ANCC Updates Nursing Administration Certifications and Credentials
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) is changing the names of its Nursing Administration certification exams and updating the credentials to bring them in line with contemporary health care culture and terminology.
  
  
• Karen Drenkard as Director of the Magnet Recognition Program® [pdf]
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) is pleased to name Karen Drenkard, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, CPHQ as the new Director of its acclaimed Magnet Recognition Program®.
  
  
• Winter Storm Update for Certification Exam Candidates
  

  For the latest information on Prometric test center closures, please visit the Prometric site's Important News page.

  If your center has been closed, then Prometric will be contacting affected candidates via email and phone to assist in scheduling a new exam appointment.  If you are scheduled to test and find your test center closed, please know you will be provided with an opportunity to re-schedule at no charge.

  Please contact ANCC if you have questions regarding your scheduled test date. ANCC offices are scheduled to re-open Monday, February 8, 2010 at 9 am eastern time. The contact phone number is 1.800.284.2378.
  
  
• ANCC Begins Search for New Director of Certification
  
  
• Certification Updates
  

  ANCC Supports Transition to Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification, and Education
  The American Nurses Credentialing Center is an active participant in the development and launch of the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation. This new consensus model will provide a uniform approach to advanced practice licensure, accreditation, certification, and education. During the transition to the consensus model, please consider ANCC your source for information for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), students, and faculty affected by changes to the current certification process.

  Please see the APRN page for additional information about the launch of the consensus model, and visit this site regularly for more details as they become available.

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