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NY Times Weighs in on the Value of Stackable Credentials

NY Times Weighs in on the Value of Stackable Credentials
Mar 03, 2019

As you know, AMSN, through our MSNCB offers certifications of CMSRN® and CCCTM® - credentialing that puts you in the driver’s seat of your career trajectory (info here: www.msncb.org). Stackable credentials are becoming the way of the future in the nursing industry, and more facilities are getting on board.

The potential for advancement and placement is blocks being assembled, NY Times recently wrote, are a “series of traditional degree-based and/or nontraditional credentials — certificates, certifications, licenses, badges, apprenticeships and more — that recognize achievements and provide an accurate assessment of knowledge, skills and abilities.” The more credentials that are accumulated and stacked, the more marketable the candidate presumably becomes. Read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/22/education/learning/stackable-degree-…

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