Spotlight on NCC’s Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety Certification - Magnet™ approved! June 12, 2023
Nationally accredited by the National Commission of Certifying Agencies (NCCA) and Magnet™ Approved!
Subspecialty certification has no practice experience minimums, test whenever you are ready.
The Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety (C-ONQS) certification focuses on the knowledge, skills and tools used to assess, evaluate, and integrate quality and safety into practice in the obstetric and neonatal settings.
This multidisciplinary certification is for health care professionals who practice, develop and/or implement Q&S initiatives, educate and train obstetric and/or neonatal teams in Q&S practices, advocate for resource needs by serving as a liaison between clinicians and administrators and apply recognized methods to design and implement sustainable Q&S initiatives.
This exam encompasses the knowledge needed by every Q&S professional such as national quality and safety standards and clinical guidelines, team training exercises, benchmarking, development and monitoring of key quality metrics, data collection and measures of effectiveness.
NCC's certification for Q&S professionals who are… improving care for mothers and babies.
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View the complete content for the Obstetric and Neonatal Quality and Safety certification in the C-ONQS Candidate Guide.
A Preview Test is available!
This preview test will help you assess your readiness for C-ONQS certification. This preview test will familiarize you with the exam format and the questions cover the same content areas as the actual exam.