Certification Renewal Revealed: The Insider s Guide to

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1 ONS Leadership Weekend Chapter and SIG Leaders Certification Renewal Revealed: The Insider s Guide to Cyndi Miller Murphy MSN RN CAE Executive Director

2 Just two things before we talk about ILNA Our newest program: Blood and Marrow Transplant Certified Nurse (BMTCN ) 315 earned the credential by June 30, 2014 Pass Rate = 86% 263 registered to test July-> December Total Oncology Certified Nurses 37,092 credentials held by 36,275 nurses

3 Why Change? After you've done a thing the same way for two years, look it over carefully. After five years, look at it with suspicion. And after ten years, throw it away and start all over. Alfred Edward Perlman (railroad engineer), New York Times, 3 July 1958

4 INDIVIDUAL LEARNING NEEDS ASSESSMENT Life-long Learning Requirements for recertification are individualized Based on learning needs related to current knowledge Identified through the certification examination or the assessment

5 VALIDATE Comprehensive specialty knowledge FOCUS Specific individual learning needs REWARD Nurses who maintain broad, current competencies

6 Renew Certification Pass Certification Examination Review Identified Learning Needs Track through Individual LearningBuilder Plan Earn Targeted Professional Development

7 Renew Certification Track through Individual LearningBuilder Plan Take Online Assessment Earn Targeted Professional Development Review Identified Learning Needs

8 Who should take the assessment? Nurses completing recertification in 2012 and thereafter ONCPRO used through 2015 Assessments not available to nurses who hold AOCN and CPON Certification These nurses continue to use ONC-PRO forever

9 Process of Taking the Assessment Nurse recertifies Access to the assessment via from Pearson VUE Nurse registers and takes assessment within 24 hours of registration Nurse receives immediate results which direct professional development

10 Where and When to take the Assessment A quiet place with access to a Computer (not a mobile device) and the internet With at least two hours of uninterrupted time

11 What is the Assessment Like? Survey Self assessment Rate knowledge based on test blueprints Tutorial Practice using features of the assessment Mark for review Return to items Assessment items Based on test blueprints 100 items Multiple choice Matching Drag-drop

12 ILNA Results No pass/fail-ilna is not a test Results based on the major content areas of the test blueprint Benchmarks for each content area Meet benchmark = NO POINTS REQUIRED Do not meet benchmark = POINTS REQUIRED

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14 Major Content Categories of the OCN Blueprint Content Area Weight Health Promotion, Screening and Early Detection 6 % Scientific Basis for Practice 9 % Treatment Modalities 16 % Symptom Management 22 % Psychosocial Dimensions of Care 8 % Oncologic Emergencies 12 % Survivorship 8 % Palliative and End of Life Care 11 % Professional Performance 8 % TOTAL 100 % TOTAL POINTS NEEDED FOR THIS NURSE 37

15 II. Scientific Basis for Practice 9% A. Carcinogenesis B. Immunology C. Genetic risk factors D. Research protocols E. Clinical trials F. Regarding specific cancer types: 1. pathophysiology 2. common metastatic sites 3. diagnostic measures 4. prognosis 5. classification 6. staging 7. histologic grading

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18 Scientific Basis for Practice (9) ONS online Access Devices 13.3 points ONS online Genetics 12 points ONS online Radiation Certificate 10 points ONS online Clinical Trials Nursing points ONS online OCN Review Course 10.3 points ONS online Cancer Basics 4.7 points ONS online Developing Skills for EBP 2.7 points ONS online Assessment and Management of CINV 2 points ONS online Advanced and Updates: GI 2.3 points

19 ILNA Results Maximum possible points required = 100 Minimum required = 25 Those who need fewer than 25, based on assessment results, may earn the additional points in any blueprint content category they choose

20 Major Content Categories of the OCN Blueprint Content Area Weight Health Promotion, Screening and Early Detection 6 % Scientific Basis for Practice 9 % Treatment Modalities 16 % Symptom Management 22 % Psychosocial Dimensions of Care 8 % Oncologic Emergencies 12 % Survivorship 8 % Palliative and End of Life Care 11 % Professional Performance 8 % TOTAL 100 % TOTAL POINTS NEEDED FOR THIS NURSE 25

21 Ways to Earn Points Continuing Nursing Education Continuing Medical Education Academic Education Professional Publications Professional Presentations

22 A New Way to Track and Submit Points for Recertification: LEARNINGBUILDER Individualized for each certified nurse Results of exam or assessment imported Tracks points and progress Submit to ONCC when due Points entered as earned Shows progress toward meeting requirements Paperless submission Required documents can be uploaded

23 LEARNINGBUILDER ONCC 2.Nurse 3.ONCC Imports assessment results to individual plan Provides access to plan Attains professional development Enters points into plan-uploads documents Submits plan between January 1 and September 15 of year of certification expiration Reviews completed plan Approves certification renewal

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33 Important Things to Know ILNA replaces ONCPRO as an option Any recertification due in 2016 and thereafter Retaking and passing the certification examination will remain an option Those who do not take the assessment or retake the certification examination will need to earn 100 points in proportion to the test blueprint

34 More- Important Things to Know Must register online to take the assessment No fee Must take the assessment within 24 hours of registration Two hours of uninterrupted time is required Do not register until you have time to take the assessment There is no exit and re-entry to the assessment Assessment is timed and must be completed within two hours-when time is up the results will be final

35 More- Important Things to Know The assessment cannot be taken on a mobile device Must take the assessment prior to earning points ONS and APHON have begun to label all educational offerings according to the test blueprints

36 More- Important Things to Know: Average ILNA Points Requirements Credential Average Points Requirement 1 st Cycle Average Points Requirement Subsequent Cycles Percentage needing 50 points or less OCN % CBCN % AOCNS % AOCNP %

37 More- Important Things to Know Contact the ONCC staff with questions about the process or whether educational offerings will fit the required content categories Toll free

38 The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. Alan Watts, Modern Philosopher

39 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS