Students are expected to:Post a response to each classmate. No more than 100 words include in-text citations and at least 1 reference APA style. Please be respectful.Rebecca’s Response:Difference between APN Certification and CredentialingCredentialing is a term applied to processes used to designate that an individual, programme, institution or product have met established standards set by an agent, such as a governmental or non-governmental entity, recognized as qualified to carry out this task. The standards may be minimal and mandatory or above the minimum and voluntary. Licensure, registration, accreditation, approval, certification, recognition or endorsement may be used to describe different credentialing processes. Credentials may be periodically renewed as a means of assuring continued quality and they may be withdrawn when standards of competence or behavior are no longer met.Certification is a process by which a non-governmental agency or association certifies that an individual licensed to practice a profession has met certain predetermined standards specified by that profession for specialty practice. Its purpose is to assure various publics that an individual has mastered a body of knowledge and acquired skills in a particular specialty. For APNs, these individuals would receive a professional certification. This is the voluntary process by which a non-governmental entity grants a time-limited recognition and use of a credential to an individual after verifying that he or she has met predetermined and standardized criteria. It is the vehicle that a profession or occupation uses to differentiate among its members, using standards, sometimes developed through a consensus-driven process, based on existing legal and psychometric requirements (American Nurses Credentialing Center, 2018).Clinical PrivilegeClinical privileges mean the authorization by a health care entity to a physician or other health care practitioner for the provision of health care services, including privileges and membership on the medical staff (US Legal, Inc., 2018). It is the process in which the organized medical staff evaluates and recommends an individual practitioner be allowed to provide specific patient care services in their healthcare facility within well‐defined training criteria.Importance for Patient SafetyAbove all else, patient safety is by far the number one priority. A good clinic should always perform credentialing and privileging on all of its health care professionals. It not only protects patients and the clinic by lowering the risk of medical errors that may be caused by incompetent providers, but it also enhances the reputation and credibility of the clinic in the eyes of providers and within the health care community. Credentialing helps ensure that clinic practitioners are duly qualified, licensed, and board certified, and do not have a lengthy history of malpractice claims, state-instituted sanctions, or other undesirable professional circumstances (Smolenski, M., 2005).ReferencesAmerican Nurses Credentialing Center. (2018). Credentialing Definitions. Retrieved September 10, 2018, from https://www.nursingworld.org/education-events/facu…US Legal, Inc. (2018). Clinical Privileges Law and Legal Definition. Retrieved September 10, 2018, from https://definitions.uslegal.com/c/clinical-privile…Smolenski, M. (2005). Credentialing, certification, and competence: Issues for new and seasoned nurse practitioners. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 17(6), 201-204. Retrieved September 10, 2018.Assignment: Personal Philosophy and FrameworkAssignment: Personal Philosophy and FrameworkHelen’s response:APN Certification and CredentialingCertification programs must be accredited by the American Board of Nursing Specialties or by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (Tracy &amp

O’Grady, 2019). A document that attests to an achievement is a certification. Certification for APNs is derived by the completion of an examination given by a certifying body that focuses on the area of study and practice of the APN. Certification by examination is a requirement of the state board of nursing for licensure. Credentialing is the collection and verification of an advanced practice nurses’ qualifications, evidenced by passing a certification examination (Tracy &amp