Survey: Are you certified in your nursing specialty?

PhantomRN · Mar 9, 2002

No, I am not certified in my area. However, I would like to be. I am doing a search to find out the particulars on my specialty. I am in cardiac nursing, but I need the focus to be on preventitive teaching.

Anyone have any ideas as to where that test is?

CEN35 · Mar 9, 2002

yeppers

me :)

Jenny P · Mar 9, 2002

Yes, I'm a CCRN. I did it initially 25 years ago to prove to myself that I was intelligent and knew what I was doing; I've let it lapse off and on through the years but have maintained the certification for about the past 8 or 10 years. It's lots easier to maintain it than to retest each time.

RNforLongTime · Mar 9, 2002

No, I am not certified in my specialty. I just transferred to ICU from med-surg and want to obtain my CCRN eventually but they require that you have so many hours of bedside care of critically ill patients. Once I am off orientation, I will be floated out to the med-surg floors and probably will get very little critical care experience under my belt. The other ICU RN's have way more seniority than I do so I can't bump them. Plus we don't take turns as to who gets floated out to the floor. One of the downsides of being a member of a bargaining unit. So, I have decided that once I am off orientation, I am going to apply for a job in a larger hospital in a nearby town for their ICU. I only work 3 days a week at my current job so I figure I can handle working one day a week somewhere else.

Tim-GNP · Mar 9, 2002

Certified in my specialty- Gerontology

RNKitty · Mar 9, 2002

Not yet. Every time I pull out the book to study, I get pregnant. I'm taking a break for a while.

MQ Edna · Mar 10, 2002

I took the certification erxam in my specialty the first time they offered it in my city, and maintained it until I retired. My hospital did offer funds to assist with the cost ($300 if i remember correctly), and offered a bonus to certified nurses--$500 per year. That just about covered the cost of the CEUs needed to maintain the certification! I felt that I really benefited from the sessions and from contact with others in my specialty outside of my hospital--other institutions, doctor's offices and clinics, both in my city and from other locations.

fergus51 · Mar 10, 2002

Yes. Took 27 credits through BCITs perinatal nursing specialty courses and then wrote the exam.

P_RN, ADN, RN · Mar 10, 2002

Yes. I've been an Orthopaedic Nurse Certified (ONC) continuously since 1989.

mattsmom81 · Mar 10, 2002

I'm a CCRN for about 12 years now, been doing critical care for about 15. I enjoy going to all the critical care updates in the area every year, so it's easy to keep up the CEU's in these parts.

nightingale, RN · Mar 10, 2002

B.Scheduled to take the ANCC test in May for Board Certification Med/Surg Generalist Nurse.....

Any hints on how to study for this.. anyone?

I ordered the Med/Surg Certification review book. There is a new one out in April. I plan to read and tape for my long car drives.

ANCC has tapes but are very expensive ($240.00)

I also have Laura Gasparis Vonfrolio's tape on Day 2 CCRN Review which is very helpful.

:) B.