Are you planning to become certified in your specialty? Or need to recertify? Many of the Web sites list testing locations and schedules and offer newsletters. Keep this chart (or postit at work).
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Certification Corp.
Certification: PCCN; CCNS; CCRN; CMC-CSC
Web site: http://www.certcorp.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-800-899-2226
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses
Certification: CNRN
Web site: http://www.aann.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 888-557-2266
Fax: 877-734-8677
American Board for Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.
Certification: COHN; COHN-S; COHN/CM; COHN-S/CM
Web site: http://www.abohn.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-888-842-2646
Fax: 630-789-8901
American Board of Perianesthesia Nursing Certification, Inc.
Certification: CAPA; CPAN
Web site: http://www.cpancapa.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-800-622-7262
Fax: 212-367-4256
American Holistic Nurses' Certification Corp.
Certification: HN-BC; AHN-BC
Web site: http://www.ahncc.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-877-284-0998
American Nurses Credentialing Center
Certification: RN, C; RN, CNA, BC; RN, CNAA, BC; RN, CS; RN, BC; APRN, BC
Web site: http://www.nursingworld.org/ancc
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-800-284-2378
Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing
Certification: CEN; CFRN
Web site: http://www.ena.org/BCEN
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-800-900-9659, ext. 2630
Fax: 847-460-2631
Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
Certification: CIC
Web site: http://www.cbic.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 913-599-4174
Certifying Board of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, Inc.
Certification: CGN; CGRN
Web site: http://www.cbgna.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-800-245-7462, Option 3
Fax: 312-673-6723
Competency & Credentialing Institute
Certification: CNOR; CRNFA
Web site: http://www.certboard.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-888-257-2667
Fax: 303-695-8464
Developmental Disabilities Nurses Association
Certification: LPN, DDC; LVN, DDC; RN, CDDN
Web site: http://www.ddna.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 800-888-6733
Fax: 360-332-2280
Infusion Nurses Certification Corp.
Certification: CRNI
Web site: http://www.ins1.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-800-434-4622
Fax: 781-440-9409
National Board for Certification of Hospice and Palliative Nurses
Certification: ACHPN; CHPN; CHPLN
Web site: http://www.nbchpn.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 412-787-1057
Fax: 412-787-9305
National Board for Certification of School Nurses, Inc.
Certification: NCSN
Web site: http://www.nbcsn.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 303-663-2329
Fax: 303-663-0403
National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators
Certification: CDE
Web site: http://www.ncbde.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 847-228-9795
Fax: 847-228-8469
National Certification Corp.
Certification: RNC
Web site: http://www.nccnet.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 312-951-0207
Fax: 312-951-9475
National Certifying Board for Ophthalmic Registered Nurses
Certification: CRNO
Web site: http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/ASORN/certif.htm
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 415-561-8513
Fax: 415-561-8531
National Certifying Board of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses
Certification: CORLN
Web site: http://www.sohnnurse.com
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 386-428-1695
Fax: 386-423-7566
Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission
Certification: CNN; CDN; CCHT
Web site: http://www.nncc-exam.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-888-884-6622
Oncology Nursing Certification Corp.
Certification: AOCNS; CPON; OCN; AOCNP
Web site: http://www.oncc.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-877-769-6622
Fax: 412-859-6168
Orthopaedic Nurses Certification Board
Certification: ONC
Web site: http://www.oncb.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 888-561-6622
Fax: 803-356-6171
Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
Certification: CPN; CPNP
Web site: http://www.pncb.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-888-641-2767
Fax: 301-330-1504
Plastic Surgical Nursing Certification Board
Certification: CPSN
Web site: http://www.aspsn.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 201-217-9083
Fax: 201-217-9785
Rehabilitation Nursing Certification Board
Certification: CRRN
Web site: http://www.rehabnurse.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-800-229-7530
Fax: 877-734-9384
Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Certification Board
Certification: CCCN; COCN; CWCN; CWOCN
Web site: http://www.wocncb.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 1-888-496-2622
Fax: 414-276-2146