Recertification

	General Recertification Information
	Qualifying Continuing Education

General Recertification Information

To apply for NCSN recertification through continuing education, 75 nursing contact hours of continuing education related to school nursing practice must be submitted for consideration (see Qualifying Continuing Education below). The 75 hours must be related to the practice of school nursing in the areas of:

	Health Appraisal;
	Health Problems and Nursing Management;
	Health Promotion/Disease Prevention;
	Special Health Issues; and/or
	Professional Issues.

Recertification may be denied for failure to meet the criteria of 75 hours, falsification or misrepresentation of continuing education information, failure to apply before the deadline, failure to verify continuing education information when proper documentation is requested, and failure to submit the recertification fee. Recertification will be denied to any candidate who does not have a current R.N. License.

Continuing Education information must be listed on the Recertification Application and must include date, program title, continuing education provider or sponsor, and the number of hours awarded. The contact hours must have been sponsored by an approved national accrediting agency.

All applications are subject to a potential audit where applications are randomly selected for audit. Copies of certificates and/or transcripts will be requested, therefore, it is suggested that all continuing education material be retained for at least one year after recertification.

Recertification applications are automatically mailed out a few months before you are due to recertify. To get started now, you can Download a Recertification Application but please note that applications will only be accepted up to six (6) months prior to the anniversary date of certification.

Qualifying Continuing Education

All hours must have been completed during the five years prior to the candidate's certification renewal date and may be accumulated in any combination of the following:

	Continuing Education Programs such as: • Workshops • Seminars • Professional Development Offerings • Home-Study Courses or • State or National Conferences, which are school health related. The candidate may be requested to show proof of completed CE experience. Computer technology courses and CPR/FA are not acceptable. As of July 2006, no more than 40% or 30 hours of CE's can come from home-study courses per a five year recertification cycle.
	Academic Courses: Each individual academic credit must be school health related and will be considered as ten (10) CE hours. Courses may be under-graduate or graduate level and a transcript of successful completion by the candidate may be requested.
	Miscellaneous Activities - This may include one each of the following: • Five (5) hours allowed for preparation and presentation of a professional education topic (class or seminar two hours or longer) relevant to school health and presented to registered nurses or professional nursing students. Courses taught in CPR and/or First Aid will NOT be considered. • Five (5) hours allowed for an original article written by or with the candidate as first author and accepted for publication in a professional journal. • Five (5) hours allowed for participation in a two-day NBCSN item review session.