CCRN - Is Employer Notified If You Fail?

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I am a long way off from taking the CCRN certification exam but I like planning for worst case scenarios. Does anyone know if AACN notifies your employer if you fail? I know they have employer info that they use to verify that you qualify for sitting for the exam but I don't know if they communicate with them after you take the test and it doesn't say on the website anywhere. If anyone knows please post, thanks!

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Specializes in MICU, SICU, CICU.

No. AACN does not contact your employer regarding your exam results.

When you pass, and with every recertification, you will receive a letter for your employer, a wallet card and a certificate.

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No. AACN does not contact your employer regarding your exam results.

When you pass, and with every recertification, you will receive a letter for your employer, a wallet card and a certificate.

Thank you for that information! I was too embarrassed to ask my co-workers who have already taken the exam bc I'm sure they would think its weird that I'm asking about it before I even qualify for taking the exam (I've only been in critical care for a few months).

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(1) Why would they? CCRN is not a requirement to be a critical care RN

(2) How would your employer even know you're taking it in the first place?

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(1) Why would they? CCRN is not a requirement to be a critical care RN

(2) How would your employer even know you're taking it in the first place?

Hi, well to answer #2, I figured when AACN is checking to see if you have critical care experience they email your employer and say: ____ is applying to test for CCRN, can you verify they work in critical care? - so thus your employer would know you are testing.

And #1, well I am weird and have moments where I sit around and think of random irrational worries. This was one of those moments! :)

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Hi, well to answer #2, I figured when AACN is checking to see if you have critical care experience they email your employer and say: ____ is applying to test for CCRN, can you verify they work in critical care? - so thus your employer would know you are testing.

And #1, well I am weird and have moments where I sit around and think of random irrational worries. This was one of those moments! :)

AACN does not verify everyone - only those they randomly audit.

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