Bellarmine University ScholarWorks@Bellarmine Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones Graduate Research 12-15-2012 Effectiveness of a Pilot Gerontological Nursing Certification Preparation Support Program for Registered Nurses Working in Long Term Care Gail B. Sprigler Bellarmine University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/tdc Part of the Geriatric Nursing Commons Recommended Citation Sprigler, Gail B., "Effectiveness of a Pilot Gerontological Nursing Certification Preparation Support Program for Registered Nurses Working in Long Term Care" (2012). Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones. 8. https://scholarworks.bellarmine.edu/tdc/8 This Capstone is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research at ScholarWorks@Bellarmine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Capstones by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@Bellarmine. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Running head: GERONTOLOGICAL CERTIFICATION PREPARATION PROGRAM 1 Effectiveness of a Pilot Gerontological Nursing Certification Preparation Support Program for Registered Nurses Working in Long Term Care Gail B. Sprigler Bellarmine University, Doctorate of Nursing Practice Program Gerontological Certification Preparation Program 2 Abstract This pilot project evaluated the effectiveness of a program to motivate and prepare registered nurses working in long term care to achieve gerontological nursing certification