Special testing opportunities

Institutional certification program (for 25 or more applicants)

Watch our video about the Institutional Certification Program

The NCC Institutional Certification Program (ICP) provides institutions an easy way to get their obstetric, gynecologic and neonatal nursing staff certified; and other health care professionals credentialed with a certificate of added qualification. ICP provides onsite testing for 25 or more participants with individualized test dates and if you have 100 or more participants discounts on fees are available. (If you have less than 25 individuals, please consider sponsoring a test site for the NCC's annual paper & pencil test held in September.)

Doesn't it make sense for the health professionals in your institution to be nationally certified?

As the first line in providing patient care, what health care professionals know and how they perform can really affect the liability risks your organization faces in its daily operation. Credentialed health care givers are valued by the consumer and credentialing provides you, the employer, an outside evaluation of your employees' expertise. It provides tangible evidence of competence, validation of specialty knowledge, and is an excellent risk management tool. NCC will help you enable your professional staff to become certified in several areas or earn a certificate of added qualification in Electronic Fetal Monitoring and/or Neonatal Pediatric Transport.

The Institutional Certification Plan provides different options based on the number of participating individuals. Any of the NCC CORE or Subspecialty examinations are available to meet these minimum participant requirements. 25 or more test candidates (any mix of CORE or Subspecialty exams) to sponsor the examination at your institution at any time. 100 or more candidates will receive a negotiated fee discount. Sponsoring institutions will be required to provide a testing room and proctors at no cost to NCC.

All details and terms are outlined in a contract.

For more information

Contact Betty Sobala, ICP Coordinator by clicking here for an online interest form.

Download an ICP Brochure for additional information and/or view our video.

NCC offers certification (which lead to the RNC credential) examinations in the following specialties (open to nurses only):

Inpatient Obstetric Nursing
Low Risk Neonatal Nursing
Maternal Newborn Nursing
Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing

NCC offers Nurse Practitioner certification (which lead to the NNP-BC or WHNP-BC credential) examinations in the following specialties (open to nurse practitioners only):

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner

NCC also offers examinations leading to a certificate of added qualification in the following subspecialty areas:

Electronic Fetal Monitoring (open to physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurse midwives)
Neonatal Pediatric Transport (open to physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, paramedics and respiratory therapists)

Professionals	2011	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	Total
NCC Certified Nurses	199	182	191	187	212	109	16	1096
Nurses	1996	2518	1707	2406	1438	1127	127	11319
Nurse Practitioners	2	32	2	14	6	12	1	69
Physicians	129	833	254	354	386	277	82	2315
Physician Assistants	38	0	2	4	6	12	4	66
Nurses Midwives	38	41	46	68	58	73	2	326
Total	2402	3606	2202	3033	2107	1721	232	15,191

Testing at Professional Education Centers (PEC)

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Professional Education Center (PEC) offers review courses followed by NCC Certification and Credentialing Exams:

Inpatient Obstetric Nursing
Maternal Newborn Nursing
Low Risk Neonatal Nursing
Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing
Electronic Fetal Monitoring

You will need to submit by mail only a special NCC Exam Registration Application form (download from the PEC website) along with required documentation and the appropriate fees. You cannot take a PEC administered exam until you are determined eligible by NCC. You can review PEC information by visiting their website.

PEC testing is administered through special arrangements with NCC. All aspects of NCC quality and integrity of exam administration are maintained but certain special rules do apply in addition to the usual NCC rules. For specific questions regarding these exams, contact Betty Sobala at bsobala@nccnet.org.