Ambulatory Care Nursing Certification Exam to be held for the first time at AAACN's Las Vegas Conference

AAACN Viewpoint, Sep/Oct 2006

AAACN is the association of professional nurses and associates who identify ambulatory care practice as essential to the continuum of accessible, high quality, and cost-effective health care. Its mission is to advance the art and science of ambulatory care nursing.

AAACN has made arrangements with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to offer the Ambulatory Care Nursing Certification Exam for the first time at the 2007 conference in Las Vegas, March 29-April 1.

To help prepare you to take the exam, the Ambulatory Care Nursing Certification Review Course will be held all day Thursday, March 29. The exam will be offered Sunday afternoon, April 1 - tentatively at 1:30 pm., following Closing Ceremonies.

If you have been thinking about becoming certified but just have not made the commitment, here is your chance! Certification validates your knowledge and level of excellence in ambulatory care nursing practice. If you are coming to the conference, why not take that extra step and take the certification exam while you are in Las Vegas? If you were not planning to come to the conference, maybe the exam will change your mind or prompt your employer to send you!

Begin studying now to ensure you pass the exam by ordering any of the following resources:

* Hot off the Press - Core Curriculum for Ambulatory Care Nursing, 2nd Edition - the main study resource to prepare for the exam.

* Ambulatory Care Nursing Self Assessment 200 multiple choice test questions written in the same format as the exam. A blank answer sheet and the answers are provided to help you determine your strengths and areas for further study.

* Ambulatory Care Nursing Administration and Practice Standards. All nurses practicing in ambulatory care should be practicing within these standards.

* Certification Review Course Syllabus (provided as a handout to nurses who take the Review Course in Las Vegas).

* If you are unable early to take the review course live on March 29, consider purchasing the Ambulatory Care Nursing Certification Review Course CD-ROM.

Details are still being worked out with ANCC, including providing you with a special application that will show the AAACN test date and Las Vegas site. You will mail your application directly to ANCC. Watch the Web site (www.aaacn.org) and future e-mails containing the special application and more information about the exam. For general information about the exam, test content, etc., go to www.nursecredentialing.org

Start planning now to"get certified" at the AAACN Las Vegas conferencel Remember, AAACN members save $70 off the regular $320 non-member exam application fee. Members of ANA Constituent Member Associations pay a $180 fee.