New Certification Credentials to Be Issued from NCC

[sirI, MSN, APRN, NP]

received this infromation from the national certification corporation (ncc). please note for future reference. everyone currently certified as any of the following should receive new credentials by the end of april, 2008.

based on a need to make advanced practice credentials more consistent, to better recognize the specialty focus of certification and to make certificates of added qualification more transparent to the public, the ncc board of directors has decided to change the credentials that are issued for all ncc certification specialty examinations as follows:

advanced practice certification designation

aligning with recent decisions of other national nursing certification organizations, ncc adopted a more universal credential to designate advanced practice that will make it more understandable to the public and to emphasize the specialty area of expertise. the previous credential was rnc. the new credentials will be:

women’s health care nurse practitioner — whnp–bc

the whnp will highlight the specialty and bc stands for board certified, a shorthand terminology that is commonly used to explain certification to the public.

neonatal nurse practitioner — nnp–bc

the nnp will highlight the specialty and bc stands for board certified, a shorthand terminology that is commonly used to explain certification to the public.

these new credential designations will go into effect may 1, 2008. new certificates will be issued to each ncc certified professional during february through april 2008.

currently, the webpage with the explanation is unavailable, but you can see the announcement here:

http://www.nccnet.org/public/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1