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Okay here is what I found at a school that offers a post-MSN Perinatal CNS:
Our Perinatal CNS curriculum follows the Women's Health CNS Competencies published by the Association of Women's Health Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) in 2014.
Right - it looks like from that reference I quoted that you have to take the Women's Health CNS certification exam
At this moment, I don't think there actually is a certification exam for a CNS in Women's Health. I think that the Association of Women's Health Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses have proposed that curriculum for a hopeful certification exam, but have not been successful in approving it officially.
MikeR26
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I understand their is no national certification exam for perinatal clinical nurse specialists (CNS). Do they take the Adult Health CNS certification exam in order to obtain their license and practice as a CNS? Or do they not have to take a certification exam? Please help if you can. Thanks!