Your CPNP® Corner

Welcome to the CPNP® Corner, a resource page for Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioners!

Here you can find ways to support your commitment to lifelong learning, read past issues of the CPNP® Perspectives, and more. If you have suggestions for this page, please let us know at feedback@pncb.org.

Info You Can Use

Certification Advocate Awards: These annual awards recognize a CPN®, a Primary Care CPNP®, and an Acute Care CPNP® who are outstanding advocates for certification at a local/hospital level, regional or national level. Self-nominations are accepted, and the deadline is December 15th of each year. An updated application will be posted soon.

Free CE Online: You may know that Medscape offers free CE. Now you can add Discovery Health and Nursing Spectrum to your list of resources. CE with content areas relevant to pediatric nursing can be used toward PNCB Recertification.

Your Wallet Card: You can now access and print your current PNCB wallet card online. Simply log in and click "My Documents" to get yours.

Your CPNP® lapel pin. We hope you wear yours with pride. If you misplace yours, email us at service@pncb.org and we'll be glad to send out a replacement.

Your CPNP® wall certificate. To order additional copies, click here.

Your Benefits

Your Lands' End Discount. Display your CPNP credential with pride on clothing in a variety of colors and styles at Lands' End. You can also select totes, lunch coolers, hats, and much more. As a CPNP, you receive 10% off your order when you use this link: http://ces.landsend.com/cpnp

Elsevier Discount. Log in to save 10% on all Elsevier books, plus pay no shipping or handling for your orders.

Free State Board Verification Annually. Upon initial certification and each year after you recertify, we send official Verification of Certification to your state board of nursing at no charge.

Free Subscriptions. The PNCB has arranged for all CPNPs® to receive Pediatric Annals, Infectious Diseases in Children, and Contemporary Pediatrics for free!

To receive your online subscription to Contemporary Pediatrics, sign up here.

To receive your free copies of ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners, subscribe here.

For subscription issues (missing issues, cancellations, etc.) with Pediatric Annals and Infectious Diseases in Children, please call the publisher at (856) 848-1000 or email customerservice@slackinc.com.

We've also arranged for you to receive complimentary issues of Needle Tips, a semiannual publication from the Immunization Action Coalition. We hope you enjoy these benefits of being PNCB-certified!

Resources for CPNPs®

• Questions about the DNP and your certification? See our Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification and the Doctorate of Nursing Practice statement to learn more.

• For more about the DNP, read the NP Roundtable's Unified Statement on DNP Education, Certification and Titling.

• For ways to market yourself, how to list credentials, or a sample press release to announce your certification achievement, see our PNCB Tool Kit page.

• For more about the PNP role, please read our CPNP® Role Delineation Study.

• Criteria for Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Programs (PDF) published by the National Task Force on Quality Nurse Practitioner Education.

• Nurse Practitioner Primary Care Competencies in Specialty Areas: Adult, Family, Gerontological, Pediatric, and Women's Health (PDF) published by NONPF and AACN.

• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Competencies (PDF) published by NONPF.

• NAPNAP Position Statement on Age Parameters for Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Practice

• Pediatric Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, written by NAPNAP and SPN and published by ANA. For additional information or to order, visit www.napnap.org.

Get Involved!

We invite you to consider external item writing and help us prepare for the next generation of CPNPs®. See our Get Involved page for full details.

CPNP® Perspectives

Back issues of the CPNP® Perspective electronic newsletter are archived here for your convenience. If you have ideas for future issues, please share your thoughts at feedback@pncb.org.

• Fall 2009
• Summer 2009
• Winter 2009
• Fall 2008
• Spring-Summer 2008
• Winter 2008
• Fall 2007