Documentation of 5 Contact Hours & Clinical Practice or Preceptor Hours

May be chosen for 4 years of your 7-year cycle

Primary Care CPNPs® may document 5 pediatric-related contact hours in combination with either clinical practice or preceptor activity. Scroll down to learn more about each component of this combined documentation option.

Contact Hours Component:

The same policies apply for 5 contact hours as for the 10 contact hour option. For acceptable content, agencies, and more, click here.

Clinical Practice Hours Component:

What do you mean by clinical practice hours? Clinical practice hours are work or volunteer hours that involve the direct "hands-on" assessment or clinical management of pediatric patients. The following guidelines apply:

• The clinical practice must have occurred within the past 12 months prior to submission of your Recertification enrollment.
• A minimum of 200 hours of direct clinical practice is required.
• All clinical practice requirements must have been met while the CPNP® held an active PNP license or authorization in the state or territory in which the clinical practice occurred.
• Clinical practice hours should reflect direct "hands-on" assessment and clinical management of children. Practice time does not include the management, supervision or education of other personnel or students to help achieve patient care goals.
• Clinical practice hours may be volunteer time spent providing direct pediatric nursing care.
  

Preceptor Hours Component:

Follow these guidelines for primary care preceptor activity:

• A minimum of eighty (80) hours of preceptor activity with graduate pediatric nurse practitioner or family nurse practitioner students focused on mastery of pediatric clinical content is required.
• All preceptor requirements must have been met while the CPNP® held an active registered PNP license or authorization in the state or territory in which the preceptorship occurred.
• Preceptor hours cannot be used to meet any clinical practice recertification option.
• Preceptor hours must have occurred within the past 24 months prior to submission of your Recertification enrollment.