Informatics Nursing Certification Maintenance

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I recently completed the ANCC Informatics Nursing certification. I am trying to prepare for renewal that will occur in 5 years. Based on renewal it appears that we must have at minimum 75 continuing education hrs. I am seeking advice for how I might be able to find these hrs at a free or low cost. I know that they are available online and through conferences, but often these events are very costly. I look forward to hearing from others.

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I am about to do my third renewal. It is actually 150 contact hours if you don't do some of the other professional activities such as publications. A couple of easy, and somewhat reasonable cost wise options are (1) HIMSS Online Conference (2) SINI Conference web cast (3) ANIA recorded sessions from conference. The HIMSS Online conference which starts when HIMSS has their conference provides recorded and live web sessions on various topics and cost about $57 this year. One can get about 10 or more contact hours with that. SINI (summer institute of nursing) at the University of Maryland has webcast of their conference for $330 and gives you about 15 contact hours, but that can vary by year. ANIA has all of their conferences available through their education site and offer about 15 to 30 contact hours per conference. Cost if I remember is about $300 to $400, but not sure. All of these have their online sessions available from 2 months to 2 years. Please search the web for the actual costs and time periods, as above is just my recollection and may not be accurate. And then of course, join the local nursing informatics group if there is one which can provide additional opportunities for contact hours. Also, ACCN will ask for certified nurses to take the test again to validate new test items and that can give you 15 contact hours. One doesn't get a score as you are only trying test questions for them. If you invited, join up quickly as these offers can go fast. These are not free, however, but they provide the most reasonable cost/contact hour than actually attending the national conventions.

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