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Thompkins, MS, RN Assistant Director Certification Services March 16, 2013  \nObjectives  \n• Discuss the implementation of the Consensus Model on certification  \n© 2012 American Nurses Credentialing Center  \nCertification Requirements  \n• Follow established certification testing and psychometrically sound and legally defensible standards  \n• Measure the core and role content on all certification examinations  \n• Psychometrically sound examinations  \n• Hold national accreditation  \n© 2012 American Nurses Credentialing Center  \nCertification Requirements  \n• Legally defensible process to determine eligibility to test  \n• Enforce congruence between education and certification  \n• Establish mechanisms for ongoing competence and certification maintenance  \n• Measure specialty competencies separately from APRN core, role and population  \n• Participate in mutually agreeable mechanism to ensure communication with boards of nursing and schools of nursing  \n© 2012 American Nurses Credentialing Center  \nAPRN Consensus Model  \n© 2012 American Nurses Credentialing Center  \nChanges to APRN Certifications  \n• Nurse Practitioner  \n• Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP (new)  \n• Adult-Gerontology Primary NP (new)  \n• Certifications to include additional gerontology content  \n• Family NP  \n• PMHNP (across the lifespan)  \n• WHNP  \n• Nurse Anesthesia  \n• Nurse-Midwifery  \n© 2012 American Nurses Credentialing Center  \nChanges APRN Certifications  \n• Clinical Nurse Specialist  \n• Adult-Gerontology CNS (new)  \n• wellness through acute care  \n• Pediatric CNS  \n• wellness through acute care  \n• Neonatal CNS  \n• wellness through acute care  \n© 2012 American Nurses Credentialing Center  \nOverview: Adult-Gerontology NP Certifications  \n• Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner  \n• ANCC andAACN Certification Corporation  \n• Available as of January 2013  \n• Eligibility Requirements, Test Content Outline & Role Delineation Study  \n• ANCC  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