Clinicians
- RNC advanced
nursing education program
- Discharge planning
and follow-up assistance
- Infection Control
- CME of healthcare
professionals
- Micro-preemie Care
Conference
RNC Program
The National
Certification Corporation (NCC) is a not for profit
organization that provides a national credentialing
program for nurses, physicians and other licensed health
care personnel. Certification is awarded to nurses in
the obstetric, gynecologic, neonatal and telephone
nursing specialties and certificates of added
qualification are awarded in the subspecialty areas of
electronic fetal monitoring, breastfeeding, gynecologic
health care and menopause.
NCC's certification
program is accredited by the National Commission for
Certifying Agencies (NCCA), the accreditation body of
the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA).
This accreditation means that NCC's certification
program was subjected to rigorous third-party review and
found to meet "the highest national voluntary standards
for private certification.
Since its inception in
1975, NCC has awarded certification or certificates of
added qualification to more than 78,000 licensed health
care personnel.
Certification
Awarded through 2006
- Nurse Practitioner
12,549
- Inpatient
Obstetric Nurse 33,483
- Neonatal Intensive
Care Nurse 12,814
- Neonatal Nurse
Practitioner 4,066
- Low Risk Neonatal
Nurse 4,396
- Reproductive
Endocrinology/Infertility Nurse 594
- Ambulatory Women's
Health Care Nurse 851
- High Risk
Obstetric Nurse 420
- Maternal Newborn
Nurse 3,467
- Telephone Nursing
Practice Nurse 1,020
Certificates of
Added Qualification Awarded through 2006
- Electronic Fetal
Monitoring 3,389
- Breastfeeding 152
-
Gynecologic/Reproductive Health Care for the Primary
Care Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Midwife 86
- Obstetrics for the
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner 18
- Menopause
Clinician 558
- Menopause Educator
159
S.T.A.B.L.E Program
The S.T.A.B.L.E.
Program is the first neonatal continuing education
program to focus exclusively on the
post-resuscitation/pre-transport stabilization care
of sick newborns. First introduced in 1996 in the
United States and Canada, S.T.A.B.L.E. has grown
internationally to include instructor training and
courses in Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Bahamas,
Philippines, Thailand, Guatemala, Argentina, El
Salvador, and Lithuania. S.T.A.B.L.E. has been
translated into Spanish, Lithuanian, and Latvian,
with Romanian translation planned for 2005. is to
familiarize educators with the S.T.A.B.L.E. Program.
At the completion of this course, participants will:
The Purpose
of the S.T.A.B.L.E Program:
- Gain an
understanding of the basis for the
S.T.A.B.L.E. Program module content and
program development.
- Know how
to implement the S.T.A.B.L.E. program on
both a local and regional level.
- Know how
to present the S.T.A.B.L.E. program in a
one-day format.
- Understand
who should participate in the S.T.A.B.L.E.
program.
- Understand
the qualifications for becoming a
S.T.A.B.L.E program instructor.
What’s involved in
the S.T.A.B.L.E Program?
The S.T.A.B.L.E.
Program involves an eight-hour interactive didactic
presentation by an expert in neonatal nursing or
medicine. Instructor courses are offered throughout
the year to prepare Lead instructors for course
presentation.
Who should take the
S.T.A.B.L.E. Program Learner Course?
Any health
caregiver involved with post-resuscitation and/or
pre-transport care of sick newborns:
- Physicians:
Pediatric, ER and family practice physicians
including residents
- Nurses: RNs
working in L&D, postpartum, nursery, ER, Nurse
midwives; LPNs and nursing assistants
- Others:
Respiratory therapists, Pre-hospital providers –
EMTs, Paramedics
Our network is
dedicated to Support: Clinical Staff
- Financial
Assistance for Clinical Advancement
- Yearly Awards for
Quality in Clinical Achievement
- Yearly quality
improvement meetings sponsored by the NQIN
- Financial support
for clinical professionals in the area of CME
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