Running Head: Health and medicineCertification of nursing specialty and patient outcomes of nursing-sensitive operations within intensive care divisionName:Institution:Course:Tutor:Date:Certification of nursing specialty and patient outcomes of nursing-sensitive operations within intensive care divisionIntroduction Certification of specialty nursing has over time been looked upon as equal to expert nursing practice which is professional, competent, and high quality in nature. It is looked upon as voluntary undertaking which offers authorized acknowledgment of experience regarding clinical practice, skills and specialized knowledge which goes past minimal licensure regulatory requirements and requisite mandatory (Polit, Beck, 2009). It is evident that nurses who are certified have the capacity to offer services which are of high quality and capable of bringing about clinical practice which is of quality or desirable outcomes of patient care compared to non-certified nurses.Problem statement Recent estimates have indicated that nurses who are registered within United States were considered eligible impedingly for enormous number of specialty certifications regarding nursing, through forty five interdisciplinary and nursing organizations. Due to the fact that long-standing perceptions regarding certification as nursing care which is of high quality compared to non-certified nurses have been held, there has been the need for researchers to carry out various research activities for the purpose of providing substantial conclusions. However, little research undertakings have brought out outcomes which prop up any variations among non-certified and certified nurses through the use of relationships amid clinical practice quality or outcomes of patient care (Krapohl, et al, 2001). Due to the fact that specialty certification regarding nursing it is likely that substantial variations within nursing care is offered by non-certified versus certified nurses. The uncertainty surrounding certification world and also various associated acronyms regarding certification has been found to be a possible confusion source for healthcare professionals and patients (Polit, Beck, 2009). The important of this study was therefore to establish whether non-certified and certified nurses exhibit varying outcomes within their operations. Study purpose The study purpose is looked upon as important to nursing due to the fact that it would bring about substantial variations amid non-certified and certified nursing undertakings. This has an implication that the study would enable individuals to comprehend deeply various aspects regarding non-certification or certification within nursing and therefore this would do away with confusion regarding whether the two c...