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Nursing Certifications

This guide supports nurses pursuing nationally recognized board certification in various specialties by linking to library holdings or websites that help nurses prepare for certification exams.

Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality

Certified Professional in Healthcare Quality
Certifying Body:   National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ)

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The CPHQ certification exam covers the following seven domains:

  • Health data analytics
  • Patient safety
  • Quality review and accountability
  • Regulatory and accreditation
  • Quality leadership and integration
  • Performance and process improvement
  • Population health and care transition

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Some suggested preparation for the CPHQ exam might include but should not be limited to the following resources:

  • The Janet A. Brown Healthcare Quality Handbook: A Professional Resource and Study Guide 30th Edition, Brown, Janet A. and Mellott, Susan (2018)
  • Essentials of Managed Health Care (6th ed, 2013) , edited by Peter R. Kongstvedt.
  • Facilitating with Ease, Ingrid Bens (2018)
  • Preventing Medication Errors, Institute of Medicine. (2007).
  • Understanding Patient Safety, Robert Wachter. (2017).
  • Storytelling with Data, Cole N. Knaflic (2015)
  • The Quality Toolbox, Nancy Tague. (2010).
  • Lean Six Sigma Pocket Toolbook, Michael George, David Rowlans, Mark Price, & John Maxey. (2005).
  • The Memory Jogger™ 2, 2nd edition. Michael Brassard, (2010). www.goalqpc.com
  • The Healthcare Quality Book: Vision, Strategy, and Tools (3rd ed.) Maulik S Joshi, and Elizabeth R. Ransom (2014) ISBN-13: 978-1567935905; Publisher Health Administration Press.
  • Quality Chasm Series: Patient Safety—Achieving a New Standard for Care, Institute of Medicine. (2004).
  • The Team Handbook, 3rd edition, Peter Scholtes, Brian Joiner, & Barbara Streibel. (2004).
  • The Lean Enterprises Memory Jogger, Richard L. Macinnes & Carolann Scherer (2011).
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: www.ahrq.gov
  • Institute for Healthcare Improvement: www.ihi.org/Pages/default.aspx
  • Institute for Safe Medication Practices: www.ismp.org