The purpose of this council is to support and recognize the highest standards of Nursing practice and to support professional development opportunities for Nursing staff.
The council is focused on the following functions:
- Promote specialty certification
- Develop a formal mentoring program
- Promote community involvement
- Review clinical affiliations
- Promote pursuit of advanced education
- Promote professional nursing association involvement
- Facilitate milestone development
- Facilitate formal leadership development program
- Evaluate recognition programs
- Monitor and trend retention data