Certification benefits Nurses! By becoming certified, nurses validate their expert knowledge and skills, therefore positioning themselves for appropriate recognition and a critical sense of confidence and achievement.

Certification benefits patients and families! Certification provides patients and their families with validation that the nurse caring for them has demonstrated experience, knowledge and skills in the complex specialty that is nursing.

Certification benefits the entire Middlesex Health System! Certification contributes to the creation of an environment of professionalism and a culture of retention. Certification is a vehicle for hospitals to differentiate themselves from competitors and demonstrate to the public that they have attracted the most skilled and experienced nursing professionals.