Certifications Available to Nurses
After you've earned your nursing degree, and have some actual nursing experience, you'll want to consider choosing a nursing specialty as the focus of your career. Nurses who want to specialize in one area of nursing must earn a certification in that area. Here are several of the most common nursing certifications.
Nursing Certifications
- ACRN (AIDS Certified Registered Nurse)
- CAPA (Certified Ambulatory Perianesthesia Nurse)
- CCCN (Certified Continence Care Nurse)
- CCRN (Certification for Adult, Pediatric and Neonatal Critical Care Nurses)
- CEN (Certified Emergency Nurse)
- CDE (Certified Diabetes Educator)
- CFRN (Certified Flight Registered Nurse)
- CGRN (Certified Gastroenterology Registered Nurse)
- CHPN (Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse)
- CBIC (Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology)
- CMC (Cardiac Medicine Subspecialty Certification )
- CNN (Certified Nephrology Nurse)
- CNOR (Certified Nurse Operating Room)
- COCN (Certified Ostomy Care Nurse)
- CORLN (Certified Otorhinolaryngology Nurse)
- CPAN (Certified Post Anesthesia Nurse)
- CPN (Certified Pediatric Nurse)
- CPON (Certified Pediatric Oncology Nurse)
- CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist)
- CRNFA (Certified Registered Nurse First Assistant)
- CRRN (Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse)
- CWCN (Certified Wound Care Nurse)
- LNCC (Legal Nurse Consultant Certified)
- NCLEX-PN
- NCLEX-RN
- ONC (Oncology Certified Nurse)
- PCCN (Progressive Care Certified Nurse)
- SANE-A (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Adult/Adolescent)
- SANE-P (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Pediatric)
- School Nurse Certification
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- NCC Certifications Available to Nurses
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