Specialty Certifications Enhance Your Career
& Positively Impact Patient Care and Safety
Jefferson places high value on professional growth and clinical advancement and encourages nurses to become certified in their specialties. Certification formally recognizes specialized nursing knowledge, skills, experience and competence Certification benefits both the patient and the professional nurse.
According to the position statement from the American Board of Nursing Specialties, “increasingly complex/client needs within the current healthcare delivery system, are best met when registered nurses, certified in specialty practice, provide nursing care.” An American Association of Critical Care Nurses’ study demonstrated that certification has a significant positive impact on patient care and patient safety.
Studies also indicate that there is a positive performance difference in certified nurses and a preference for hiring certified nurses over non-certified nurses.
Full-time nurses at Jefferson who complete specialty certification will receive a $1000 bonus and this amount will be prorated for part-time nurses. In addition, Jefferson will reimburse nurses for the first time and renewal exam fees.
For easy reference, many of the following websites list test locations, schedules and offer newsletters. Additional information is available from the American Board of Nursing Specialties at www.nursingcertification.org.
Oncology Nursing Certification Corp.
Certification: OCN; CPON; CBCN; AOCNP; AOCNS
Web site: www.oncc.org
E-mail: oncc@ons.org
Phone: 1-877-769-6622
Fax: 412-859-6168
Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses
Certification: CMSRN
Web site: www.medsurgnurse.org
E-mail: amsn@ajj.com
Phone: 1-866-877-2676
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Certification Corp.
Certification: PCCN; CCNS; CCRN; CMC; CSC; ACPNC; CNML
Web site: www.certcorp.org
E-mail: info@aacn.org
Phone: 1-800-899-2226
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
Certification: CNRN
Web site: www.aann.org
E-mail: info@aann.org
Phone: 1-888-557-2266
Fax: 847-375-6430
American Board for Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.
Certification: COHN; COHN-S;
Web site: www.abohn.org
E-mail: info@ABOHN.org
Phone: 1-888-842-2646
Fax: 630-789-8901
American Board of Perianesthesia Nursing Certification, Inc.
Certification: CAPA; CPAN
Web site: www.cpancapa.org
E-mail: abpanc@proexam.org
Phone: 1-800-622-7262
Fax: 212-367-4256
American Holistic Nurses' Certification Corp.
Certification: HN-BC; AHN-BC
Web site: www.ahncc.org
E-mail: ahncc@flash.net
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Certification: RN-BC; NE-BC; APHN-BC: ACNP-BC; ANP-BC; FNP-BC; ACNS-BC
Web site: www.nursingworld.org/ancc
E-mail: ANCC@ana.org
Phone: 1-800-284-2378
Association for Radiologic & Imaging Nursing
Certification: CRN
Web site: www.arna.net
E-mail: RNCB@dancyamc.com
Phone: 866-486-2762
Fax: 850-484-8762
Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing
Certification: CEN; CFRN; CTRN; CPEN
Web site: www.ena.org/BCEN
E-mail: bcen@ena.org
Phone: 1-800-900-9659, ext. 2630
Fax: 847-460-2631
Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
Certification: CIC
Web site: www.cbic.org
E-mail: cbic-info@goamp.com
Phone: 913-599-4174
Fax: 913-895-4652
Certifying Board of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc.
Certification: CGRN
Web site: www.cbgna.org
E-mail: info@abcgn.org
Phone: 1-800-245-7462, Option 3
Fax: 312-673-6723
Competency & Credentialing Institute
Certification: CNOR; CRNFA
Web site: www.cc-institute.org
E-mail: info@cc-institute.org
Phone: 1-888-257-2667
Fax: 303-695-8464
Infusion Nurses Certification Corp.
Certification: CRNI
Web site: http://incc1.i4a.com
E-mail: ins@ins1.org
Phone: 781-440-9408, ext. 320
Fax: 781-440-9409
National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses
Certification: ACHPN; CHPLN; CHPN
Web site: www.nbchpn.org
E-mail: nbchpn@hpna.org
Phone: 412-787-1057
Fax: 412-787-9305
National Board for Certification of School Nurses, Inc.
Certification: NCSN
Web site: www.nbscn.com
E-mail: certification@nbscn.com
Phone: 1-888-776-2481
Fax: 212-356-0678
National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators
Certification: CDE
Web site: www.ncbde.org
E-mail: info@ncbde.org
Phone: 847-228-9795
Fax: 847-228-8469
National Certification Corp.
Certification: RNC
Web site: www.nccnet.org
E-mail: bburns@nccnet.org
Phone: 312-951-0207
Fax: 312-951-9475
National Certifying Board for Ophthalmic Registered Nurses
Certification: CRNO
Web site: webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/asorn/certif.htm
E-mail: asorn@aao.org
Phone: 415-561-8513
Fax: 415-561-8531
National Certifying Board of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses, Inc.
Certification: CORLN
Web site: www.sohnnurse.com
E-mail: info@sohnnurse.com
Phone: 386-428-1695
Fax: 386-423-7566
Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission
Certification: CNN; CDN; CCHT; CNN-NP
Web site: www.nncc-exam.org
E-mail: nncc@ajj.com
Phone: 1-888-884-6622
Oncology Nursing Certification Corp.
Certification: AOCN; AOCNP; CPON; OCN
Web site: www.oncc.org
E-mail: oncc@ons.org
Phone: 1-877-769-6622
Fax: 412-859-6168
Orthopaedic Nurses Certification Board
Certification: ONC
Web site: www.oncb.org
E-mail: oncb@oncb.org
Phone: 888-561-6622
Fax: 803-356-6171
Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
Certification: CPN; CPNP; CPEN
Web site: www.pncb.org
E-mail: customerservice@pncb.org
Phone: 1-888-641-2767
Fax: 301-330-1504
Rehabilitation Nursing Certification Board
Certification: CRRN
Web site: www.rehabnurse.org
E-mail: info@rehabnurse.org
Phone: 1-800-229-7530
Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Certification Board
Certification: CCCN; COCN; CWCN; CWOCN
Web site: www.wocncb.org
E-mail: info@wocncb.org
Phone: 1-888-496-2622
(Source: www.nursingcenter.com, Nursing 2009 Career Directory)
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