CPC Program RequirementsImplementation:
The starting date of the Continued Professional Certification Program will be January 1, 2016.

Certification Period:
The certification period will be 4 years. ...

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Fellow AANA members,


I am working on a paper to present to you that outlines my concerns, beliefs, and positions with regard to the NBCRNA CPC issue. As I am doing my research, I have just come across some documents that have radically changed my view of the situation - so much so that I feel compelled to share them widely among the members. Let me give you the URLs for the documents so that you can download them and review them yourselves.


The first is the American Board Of Nursing Specialties Accreditation (ABSNC) Standards and are referenced below.


The second is the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE) Standards, available at


<http://www.credentialingexcellence.o...ls/0/STANDARDS - Updated January 2010.pdf>


Let me say that ...

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