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News
5/15/08
The Legacy of Dr. Donna L. Wong
The PNCB was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dr. Donna L. Wong, known throughout the world for her work in the fields of pediatric nursing and pain management.
To learn more about her many accomplishments, visit this tribute.
5/13/08
SAE Answer Sheets Due
Please send in your answer sheet, postmarked by Thursday, May 15th, to avoid a late fee. To see if your answer sheet has been received,
log in and view your Recert History under 2008 Recertification.
4/25/08
The Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse (CPEN™) Exam
Information about this new exam, developed in partnership with the Board of Certification for Emergency Nurses,
is now available! Click here to learn more.
4/24/08
Our New Pediatric Nurse Role Delineation Survey
We invite all pediatric nurses to participate in this important study as
we update our Certified Pediatric Nurse Exam. This survey ends June 1, 2008. Thank you for your participation!
4/21/08
The DNP and CPNP® Certification
In response to questions about how the DNP may impact your certification,
the PNCB offers its Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Certification and the Doctorate of Nursing Practice statement. The PNCB will never require you to obtain
additional degrees to keep your current CPNP® certification. However, CPNPs®
who allow their certification to lapse would need to meet any new eligibility requirements to take the exam again. In the future,
this could include the DNP.
4/2/08
Important Changes Regarding the Use of Physostigmine
The Pediatric Nursing Certification Board would like to inform you of new information regarding the use of physostigmine.
This important update affects your Lexi-Comp Pediatric Dosage Handbook, 14th Edition, which you received as a reference for
the PNCB's 2007 - 2008 Pediatric Pharmacology Self-Assessment Exercise.
Recently, clinical feedback has prompted concern related to the use of physostigmine as a treatment
option as outlined in the Overdose/Toxicology section in Lexi-Comp?s drug information. Although these
concerns affect a minority of monographs, Lexi-Comp has decided to temporarily suspend this content
until these concerns are more fully investigated in consultation with a panel of toxicology experts.
Because this information is presented in past and current print publications, Lexi-Comp notified the PNCB
so that we could promptly communicate this critical update to you. Both the PNCB and Lexi-Comp seek to maintain
the highest level of professional integrity with the information they provide. We ask that you please review
this notice from Lexi-Comp for more information.
This new information does not affect test questions in the 2007 ? 2008 Pediatric Pharmacology
Self-Assessment Exercise. Should you have additional questions, please contact Lexi-Comp?s Customer Support Team at 866-397-3433.
3/26/08
New Article by PNCB Board President
A Multi-state Reimbursement Alliance Model, the latest article by Board President Madelyn McMurtrie, MS, RN, CPNP is now featured in the March/April 2008 issue of
Journal of Pediatric Health Care (JPHC).
In addition, Doctorate of Nursing Practice: Blueprint for Excellence by President Elect Arlene M. Sperhac, PhD, RN, CPNP
and past President Patricia Clinton, PhD, RN, ARNP, FAANP is forthcoming from the JPHC. For more information, visit the Journal of Pediatric Health Care website.
2/20/08
Visit us at SPN and NAPNAP
If you plan to attend the Society of Pediatric Nurses Conference in Denver (April 3-6) or NAPNAP's conference in Nashville (April 14-17), please stop by our
booths and say hello. Our Certified Pediatric Nurse Exam will be offered at SPN in paper-pencil format on Sunday, April 6. The deadline to apply for this on-site exam is 3/21/08.
1/31/08
NAPNAP joins AAP and calls for cancellation of ABC's "Eli Stone" Premiere
The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) is joining with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to encourage the cancellation of an
ABC program airing tonight, Thursday, January 31st. The episode's conclusion leaves the audience with the impression that vaccines cause autism after a jury awards a mother with $5.2 million.
For more information, please see NAPNAP's press release.
12/10/07
Nurses Tops for Honesty Again!
According to this year's Gallup Poll of the perceived honesty of professions, nurses were ranked number one.
Visit Gallup.com for a video report of these findings.
12/6/2007
PNCB's New Online Verification Ordering System
We now offer a faster way for employers and agencies to
verify the certification status of their staff and potential hires. Emergency verifications
ordered through this process are emailed immediately after payment. Both emergency and standard
verifications will be mailed on watermarked paper as well. Click here to use this new system.
11/12/2007
Acute Care CPNP® Pathway III Exam Deadline: 12-28-07
If you are planning to take the Acute Care Exam using Pathway III,
you will need to successfully complete your exam before December 28th of this year.
11/1/2007
The CPN Exam Prep is Now Available!
If you'd like to become familiar with the presentation and structure of CPN Exam questions
prior to your exam, visit our CPN Exam Prep page to learn more. Participants in this online learning activity earn
five accredited contact hours upon completion.
10/26/2007
Our PNP Role Delineation Study
The PNCB is conducting a survey that will be used to identify critical tasks performed by primary care
pediatric nurse practitioners. We are interested in your comments regarding this advanced practice role. The results of
this survey will be used to determine the content of the CPNP-PC examination, and your feedback will help us to ensure
that the examination includes tasks that are relevant to primary care pediatric nurse practitioners.
If you are not currently providing primary care to children and families, there is no need to complete the survey.
If you are currently practicing in a primary care PNP role, please click on the link below to begin completing the survey. Please complete this survey no later than November 30, 2007.
Here is your link to the survey: PNCB's Role Delineation Survey for Primary Care PNPs. We truly appreciate your input in this important study.
7/6/2007
Exam by Endorsement Ends March 31, 2008
If you'd like to become a CPN® or Primary Care CPNP®
using the Exam by Endorsement option, please bear in mind that this eligibility pathway closes March 31, 2008.
All ANCC certified applicants wishing to be considered for this pathway must apply by this date.
6/28/2007
Dr. Janet S. Wyatt Named a Fellow of the AANP
Dr. Janet S. Wyatt, Chief Executive Officer of the PNCB, was recently inducted as a Fellow of the
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. The FAANP program was established in 2000 to recognize nurse practitioner
leaders who have made outstanding contributions to health care through nurse practitioner clinical practice,
research, education, or policy. Priority initiatives of FAANP are the development of leadership and mentorship
programs for nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students. Fellows of the AANP are visionaries committed
to the global advancement of nursing through the development of imaginative and creative future nurse practitioner
leaders, and as such, hold an annual think tank to strategize about the future of nurse practitioners and health
care outside the confines of traditional thinking.
A limited number of nurse practitioners are selected for this highly coveted distinction each year. Dr. Wyatt
will continue the tradition of contributing to the mission of the AANP and promoting the role of the
nurse practitioner as a provider of quality, cost-effective health care. For more information about AANP Fellows Program,
visit the AANP website.
6/25/2007
SPN Curriculum Survey
If you are an educator or responsible for overseeing curriculum at your school,
the Society of Pediatric Nurses is conducting a survey to gain a more comprehensive
understanding of the requirements and courses that schools of nursing throughout the United States use to
teach Child Health Nursing.
This online survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and can be accessed
here.
We would ask that you please share this message with the person or persons in your department responsible
for developing curriculum for both undergraduate and graduate nursing education.
Please complete one survey for each nursing program you offer.
The Society of Pediatric Nurses thanks you for your participation.
6/13/2007
CCNE Call for Comments on Accreditation Standards
The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) - a nationally recognized accrediting organization for
baccalaureate and graduate degree nursing programs - is engaging this year in a revision of the standards that
are used in its accreditation process. Since CCNE's scope of accreditation includes programs in the United
States that prepare pediatric nurse practitioners, we encourage you, as important stakeholders, to review and
comment on the standards. An open invitation to suggest changes is extended to all interested parties,
including university and program administrators; faculty; practitioners; representatives of regulatory,
certification, accreditation, state and federal agencies; students; alumni; employers of nurses; and
others with an interest in the preparation of competent nurses. Click here
to access the standards and to learn more about the opportunity to comment by the July 13, 2007 deadline.
5/29/2007
College Credit for Your CPN® Certification!
Did you know that your certification is worth three baccalaureate nursing degree credits at
Excelsior College? Find out more about this great benefit of being PNCB certified at
Excelsior's
School of Nursing webpage.
A leader in distance education, Excelsior's School of Nursing recently received the 2006 Best School Award by the American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AAMN) and
was ranked ninth nationally by Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education for the number of Hispanics receiving nursing degrees.
5/21/2007
Reminder: SAE Answer Sheets Due June 1
Don't forget that Self-Assessment Exercise answer sheets are due back to the PNCB office
by June 1, 2007.
June 2 to June 30 is the late SAE answer sheet return period. Answer sheets postmarked during this period
will be accepted along with a $50 late fee.
4/27/2007
Quality Assurance Update
To ensure that Recertification quality standards have been met, the PNCB will soon begin
its annual auditing process. CPNs and CPNPs who selected any contact hour or contact hour/clinical
practice hour Recertification option may be selected at random for this audit.
Those selected will be contacted before May 14th and we thank you in advance for your help in this important endeavor.
We are also preparing annual reports for the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA)
and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) to keep these organizations up to date
about PNCB compliance with their standards.
4/19/2007
Our 2006 Outstanding Performance Award Recipients
We're proud to announce that Gloria Tesdell (Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines, IA) has been named our
"Outstanding Performance" award recipient for the Certified Pediatric Nurse Exam. This award was presented at
the recent Society of Pediatric Nurses Conference in Milwaukee.
Several Outstanding Performers were recognized at NAPNAP's annual conference in Orlando this past March:
For the Acute Care CPNP Exam:
Tammy Robertson (Children's Medical Center, Dallas, TX)
For the Primary Care CPNP Exam:
Jennifer Grabowski (Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC)
Heather Meador (Summerville Pediatrics, Summerville, SC)
Valerie Stanley (Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY).
Congratulations to each of you!
4/11/2007
Coming in 2008: Pediatric Emergency Nursing Certification
The Pediatric Nursing Certification Board is pleased to announce that plans are underway
to launch a new certification program with the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN).
Representatives from 14 states met in March to participate on an advisory committee and develop
the national survey that will help define the role responsibilities of pediatric emergency nurses who provide urgent and emergent care.
If you currently work in this role, check back at our website this summer for our role
delineation survey and more on this historic partnership between two nursing certification organizations.
4/2/2007
Take the CPN® Exam at the Pediatric Nursing Conference
The PNCB will administer the CPN® Exam in paper-pencil format in Philadelphia on Monday, July 17th at the 2007 Pediatric Nursing Conference.
If you plan to attend this event, we hope to see you there! To apply for the Exam, click here.
3/28/2007
You Asked, We Listened...
Because of your feedback, the PNCB now accepts Discover and American Express.
We're in the process of updating all our forms to reflect this change and thank you for your patience as we do so.
2/26/2007
Acute Care PNP Survey
The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) is compiling salary and
benefit information regarding practicing Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. No names of individuals or facilities will be used.
Click here and save this survey to your computer to take part in this important study.
2/8/2007
Coming Soon: CPN Exam Prep
Plans are underway to launch a CPN prep test later this year! If you're looking
for a computer-based simulation of the types of questions included in the CPN Exam, this learning activity
will offer you a chance to become familiar with the presentation and structure of CPN exam questions.
Questions in this exercise will be related to pediatric nursing content in the following areas:
- Family Centered Care
- Growth & Development
- Physiology/Pathophysiology
- Psychosocial/Behavioral Health
- Health Promotion/Maintenance
Participants will receive continuing education contact hours for completing this activity. See the CPN Exam Prep page for future updates.
1/31/2007
It's a Fact: Pediatric Nurses Value Certification!
In 2005, the PNCB joined with 19 other specialty nursing certification organizations as part of an
ABNS-sponsored study on the Value of Specialty Nursing Certification. The results? Certification is overwhelmingly valued by nurses and employers.
Of those surveyed, 99% felt that certification enhances feelings of personal accomplishment and validates specialized knowledge.
Click here to learn more about this meaningful study.
12/28/2006
More Free Publications for CPNPs in 2007!
We're pleased to announce that all CPNPs will receive two publications in addition to Contemporary Pediatrics at no cost in 2007.
Look for your copies of Pediatric Annals and Infectious Diseases in Children in your mailbox soon!
11/6/2006
Now Available: The PEDs Exam Prep!
Are you a graduating PNP student? There's no better way to become familiar
with the structure and presentation of actual CPNP™ exam questions than to take the PEDs Exam Prep.
Earn up to 10 hours of accredited continuing education hours while experiencing an online
simulation of our computer-based CPNP™ Exam. Select from our Health Promotion and Health Restoration
modules – or order them both and save $10!
And it's not just for PNPs... FNP students wanting to experience an online simulation of
pediatric test questions before taking their national NP certification exam will benefit from PEDs Exam Prep too!
Each module consisting of 50 questions costs $35, or take both modules for a total of $60. For more
information, click here.
11/6/2006
Keep the Date!
When does Recertification end? When is my SAE answer sheet due?
If you use Microsoft Outlook Calendar, the PNCB now offers a new feature to help you remember these important dates. Click here to find out more about adding reminder messages to your Outlook Calendar.
10/18/2006
New Website Survey
We'd love to get your feedback on our redesigned site. Click
here to take this brief survey and share your thoughts!
10/14/2006
Update on the NCSBN's Vision Paper
In February-March 2006 the National Council of State Boards of
Nursing proposed a "Vision" for the future regulation of all Nurse Practitioner practice.
In this "vision" the NCSBN proposed establishment of a generic Nurse Practitioner exam for
licensure of all NPs. In the four- to six-week period allowed for national comment regarding
this "Vision" paper, the PNCB joined many national and state organizations in opposition
to this proposal.
In August 2006 the Board of Directors of the NCSBN noted the overwhelming
opposition to this proposal and indicated that they would continue to study this issue.
In an effort to inform NCSBN leadership about the strengths and long history of success of
current specialty certification of NPs as a standard for regulation, the PNCB and many other
educational and certification organizations have continued the work of the APRN Work Group of the
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. The APRN Work Group will be meeting with NCSBN
leadership through 2006 and 2007 to hopefully establish congruent and complementary positions
regarding the education, certification and regulation of all NP practice. Please check the PNCB
web site, NAPNAP's web site and the AACN web site for further updates.
10/2/2006
Contemporary Pediatrics to be free in 2007!
A great benefit just got a whole lot better - the publishers of Contemporary Pediatrics and the PNCB
are pleased to announce that CPNPs™ can now receive this highly acclaimed publication at no charge!
Here?s how to get your free subscription:
If you received the above subscription card by mail, simply fill it in (make sure you include your e-mail address), and send it to Advanstar. Do not send any payment! Then your free subscription will begin January 2007.
If you are a current subscriber, sending in a subscription card will ensure that your renewal is activated at no cost upon expiration of your current subscription.
If you did not receive this card, click here to subscribe online.
Already sent in your card with payment? No problem! Any check or credit card information will be returned to you promptly.
The first issue you receive in January of 2007 will ask that you return a short questionnaire to let
the publisher know you want to continue your subscription. Your one-time prompt reply will keep those issues coming.
We hope each CPNP™ takes advantage of this special benefit! For questions concerning this offer, please contact Contemporary Pediatrics.
10/1/2006
A Whole New Look - Just in Time for Recert!
Our redesigned site offers easier navigation so you can find the information you need faster!
We invite every nurse to recertify online and save $5.00. Log in today to view your Recertification History, select your recert option, and enjoy real-time tracking of your order.
The PNCB would like to thank the staff, patients, and families at The Children's Hospital at Sinai in Baltimore, Maryland for helping us give our site a fresh look.
Many of the images now featured on our site are photographs of Sinai nursing staff and their patients, and we thank everyone who participated!
7/2006
What People Are Saying about the PNCB
- We’d like to share the buzz with you! Click
here to see what good things are showing up on the web related to
the PNCB and its programs.
6/2006
NCCA Accreditation News
- The PNCB is pleased to announce that
the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) renewed accreditation
for the Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN™) and Certified Pediatric
Nurse Practitioner – Primary Care (CPNP-PC™) certification
programs, and accredited the new Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
– Acute Care (CPNP-AC™) certification program. All three programs
are accredited through April 30, 2011. For the full press release, click
here.
4/2005
2/2005
1/2005
- The Pediatric Nursing Self-Assessment
Exercise (SAE) is offered for continuing education for pediatric
nurses. Go to 2005 PNCB Products--CPNP & CPN Exercises for Continuing
Education--2005 PN Exercise for Continuing Education--to take advantage
of this continuing education opportunity.
11/2004
- PNCB President Earns AJN's Nursing
Book of the Year Award. Congratulations to Catherine E. Burns, PhD,
RN, CPNP, FAAN! Dr. Burns, President of the Pediatric Nursing Certification
Board, is lead editor of Pediatric Primary Care: A Handbook for Nurse
Practitioners, the winner of the 2004 American Journal of Nursing (AJN)
Book of the Year.
10/2004
- We Have a New Name! - The National Certification
Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses, Inc. (NCBPNP/N) will
now be known as the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board, Inc. (PNCB).
10/2004
- Online Registration Services - Online services are available for Exam
Application and Recertification
Registration. Secure. Convenient. Fast. After you create a user
name and password you may take advantage of exam application or recertification
registration on-line. Your PNCB record will allow you to update your
address as necessary and track application/order status. Messages can
be viewed from PNCB staff about registration needs or problems. You
may also view your Recertification History to track your progress in
your 7-year recertification cycle.
4/2002
- Nurse
Practitioner Primary Care Competencies in Specialty Areas, April 2002.
Prepared by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculy (NONPF)
in partnership with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
(AACN). This document describes entry-level competencies of grads preapred
as adult, family, gerontological, pediatric and women's health primary
care nurse practitioners.
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