Renewal by Synergy CERPs (for CCRNs and PCCNs)

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Renewal by Synergy CERPs(for CCRNs and PCCNs)

• Based on the AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care

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Renewal by Synergy CERPs

• Assures
• consistency between certification and renewal
• renewal emphasis on clinical judgment
• well-rounded requirements

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Renewal by Synergy CERPs

• Weighting for CERP Categories
• Category A 60
• Category B 10
• Category C 10
• Plus additional 20 in any category choice

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Renewal by Synergy CERPs

• The CERP categories (A, B, and C) are based on
  groupings of the 8 nurse characteristics of the
  Synergy Model

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Renewal by Synergy CERPs Categories

• Category A 60-80
• clinical judgment and clinical inquiry
• Category B 10-30
• caring practices, response to diversity, advocacy
  and moral agency, facilitation of learning
• Category C 10-30
• collaboration and systems thinking

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Examples in Category A 60-80 of CERPs in 3
years

• Category A clinical judgment and clinical
  inquiry
• Learning Topics ECG monitoring, physical
  assessment, pharmacology, heart failure,
  CCRN/PCCN review courses, research,
  evidence-based practice
• Activities CCRN and PCCN Self Assessment Exams
  (SAEs), publishing and editing activities,
  quality improvement activities

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Examples in Category B 10-30 of CERPs

• Category B caring practices, response to
  diversity, advocacy and moral agency,
  facilitation of learning
• Learning Topics patient safety, infection
  control, preventing medication errors, cultural
  diversity, ethics, palliative care
• Activities precepting, teaching an in-service,
  participating on an ethics or Joint Commission
  preparation committee

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Examples in Category C 10-30 of CERPs

• Category C collaboration and systems thinking
• Learning Topics healthy work environments,
  crucial conversations, negotiation, leadership
  skills, emergency planning and coordination
• Activities participating in a interdisciplinary
  committee, membership in a national nursing
  organization, designing new policies, leading a
  case conference

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Reminder

• The Renewal Handbook online has
• the latest renewal requirements and more
  specifics.
• many more examples of learning topics and
  activities in each renewal category.
• definitions of the categories to determine where
  a learning topic or activity best fits, if a
  program is not coded by AACN.

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Summary

• Where can I get more information?
• website - www.certcorp.org
• e-mail - certcorp_at_aacn.org
• phone - [phone]