Available Resources

• Certification Verification Online
  
  
• Receive ANCC Certification Applications By Mail
  Want to receive your certification application by mail? Need more than one application for your facility? Looking for free posters & brochures to promote certification in your hospital? Complete this form and ANCC will send them to you.
  
  
• View PDFs of ANCC Promotional Materials
  See what publications are available from ANCC.
  
  
• Downloadable, Reproducible Flyers
  Includes Certification Review Resources, List of Exams, Why Certify? and others.
  
  
• ANCC Certification Applications
  See ANCC's various selections of nursing specialties. All applications are available as download, typeable PDFs.
  
  
• Faculty Connection E-Newsletter
  Register to receive ANCC's Faculty Connection e-newsletter each quarter.
  
  
• Building A Better Future [wmv]
  This film explains the value of certification to nurses, hospital administrators, and patients. Send this link to your nursing students, or request a free DVD copy of this film to show to your students by emailing anccmarketing@ana.org.
  
  
• Recommended Articles
  Contains list of recommended articles to use by staff development personnel and individual nurses who want to promote certification and continuing education to staff.
  
  
• Become an Item Writer for ANCC Certification Exams
  Item writers are content experts who are ANCC certified and write test questions for the ANCC exams.
  
  
• How to Bring a Review Seminar to Your School
  The only requirements for bringing a review seminar to your school are that you provide space, a/v, and beverages. Twenty-five attendees are required, but with advanced notice, we can help you market to fill the room. Even better, nurses from your hospital get a substantial discount to attend. Learn more from our flyer: Co-Hosting Seminars
  
  
• Request a Nurse Ambassador Speaker Visit
  Our Nurse Ambassador program matches up highly experienced, active, retired nurses with community hospitals and universities to promote nursing as a profession and give a personal viewpoint on the value of certification in a nurse's career. Nurse Ambassadors can also participate in hospital or university career fairs.
  
  
• Magnet Recognition Program Explained—A Brochure for Students [pdf]
  This brochure provides nursing students an introduction the Magnet Recognition Program®.
  
  
• Magnet Recognition Program® [wmv]
  This film explains the value and meaning of Magnet® Recognition to nurses, hospital administrators, and patients. Send this link to your nursing students, or request a free DVD of this film to show to your students by emailing anccmarketing@ana.org.
  
  
• University Collaborations with Magnet Schools
  ANCC offers classes on the day before and the day after selected Journey to Magnet Recognition Workshops.
  
  
• Submitting Research/Posters to National Magnet Conference^®
  Each year, ANCC receives submissions such as posters, research and art to display at the National Magnet Conference^®. Learn more about this exciting opportunity.
  Note: deadline for submissions occurs in February of the conference year.
  
  
• Accredit Your Nursing Continuing Education Program
  If you are offering continuing education classes for your nurses, you should be accredited. ANCC offers a range of accrediting options that fit the needs of the smallest CE program to the largest. There are even ways to use the same accreditation application you already complete for ACCME and ACPE.
  
  
• Certification FAQs
  This shows the most commonly asked questions about ANCC's certification process.
  
  
• Certification Renewal FAQs
  This shows the most commonly asked questions about ANCC's certification renewal process.
  
  
• Professional Organizations for Certification Discounts
  If you happen to be a member of the one or more of the following organizations, you may be entitled to a discount from ANCC's numerous products and services.
  
  
• Contact Information Updates for Certified Nurses
  
  
• ANCC Conference Calendar [pdf]
  Visit the ANCC exhibit booth at these conferences.
  
  
• ANCC Certification Statistics