PCCN Exam eligibility is determined by licensure, area of practice and clinical hours.
RN LICENSURE
PCCN exam candidates must hold current, unrestricted registered nurse licensure in the United States or any of its territories. In order to meet the RN licensure requirement for initial PCCN certification and recertification, an individual nurse's RN license must be unrestricted. This means that an RN license, issued by a state board of nursing, must not have provisions or conditions that would limit the nurse's practice in any way. It is the responsibility of the exam applicant or PCCN certified nurse to notify the AACN Certification Corporation when any restriction is placed on his / her RN license.
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CLINICAL PRACTICE
"PCCN exam candidates must have completed 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely ill adult patients within the 2 year period preceding date of application, with 875 of those hours accrued in the most recent year preceding application. Clinical practice hours accrued in an undergraduate student role are NOT acceptable. NOTE: Nurses serving as manager, educator (in-service or academic), CNS or preceptor may apply their hours spent supervising nursing students or nurses at the bedside.
Eligible clinical practice hours for AACN Certification Corporation examinations or certification renewal are those completed in U.S. based facilities or in facilities determined to be comparable to the U.S. standard of acute/critical care nursing practice, as evidenced by ANCC Magnet Status and/or JCAHO or JCR International accreditation."
The above information provided by AACN.
For more information, you may visit the AACN website at www.aacn.org or www.certcorp.org
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