In the Second Opinion column entitled Should Medical-Surgical Nursing Experience Be Required for New Graduates Before Working in a Specialty? that appeared in the May/June 2005 issue of MCN, the author of the first reference on p. 161, as well as the corresponding text citation, was incorrectly listed as the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

The correct author of the reference, as well as the corresponding text citation, should be the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.