Area of Practice
Other
Facilitator
Certification Practice Specialist
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Facilitator
About Cynthia
Prior to joining the national office staff for AACN 10 years ago, Cindi served several community based hospitals as a critical care, progressive care, and cardiac catheterization/interventional radiology nurse; critical care and progressive care educator; and quality improvement and evidence based practice specialist. Cindi now provides her expertise in the coordination of certification exams offered by AACN.
Sessions
Certification Testing: What Is Holding You Back
When acute and critical care nurses are asked to list specific examples of professional goal achievement in nursing, certification is often on the top of the list. However, not all eligible nurses are certified and many will quietly express reluctance to apply for the exam or even begin those steps ...
5/24/2017 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Certification Testing: What Is Holding You Back
When acute and critical care nurses are asked to list specific examples of professional goal achievement in nursing, certification is often on the top of the list. However, not all eligible nurses are certified and many will quietly express reluctance to apply for the exam or even begin those steps ...
5/24/2017 11:00 am - 11:30 am
Pulling Back the Curtain: Exposing the Myths of Certification Exam Development
This session describes the process of certification exam development. Volunteer groups of subject matter experts (SMEs), supported by AACN staff, do the work of the certification exam development process. The steps include test plan development based on a current job analysis, item writing and exam ...
5/22/2017 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm