Friday, March 6

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8am - 9am
CE/CAE: 1.00

• Presentation Slides
• Marianne Horahan, MBA, MPH, BSN, RN, CPHQ, NEA-BC, CAE; President, Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification

Objectives:

1. Review and update of ABSNC accreditation activities.
2. Review standards updates and changes.

Sandra Schafer Award Update

• Bette Case Di Leonardi, PhD, RN-BC; Director, ABSNC
• Janie Schumaker, MBA, RN, CEN, CENP, CPHQ, FABC; President, ABNS

• Presentation Slides
• James Stobinski, PhD, RN, CNOR®, CSSM (E)®; Chief Executive Officer, Competency and Credentialing Institute
• Carissa Homme, PhD; Senior Manager of Test Development & Certification

Objectives:

1. Review results of the study and discuss implications for the continued use of the PVCT in studies that ABNS members may conduct independently.
   

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Quality Management - Adopting an Always Improving Approach

• Presentation Slides
• Janice Moore, CEO, SeaCrest

Objectives:

1. Describe the basic components of a quality management system framework.
2. Understand the benefits of a quality management system.
3. Design tools for implementing a quality management system.

Building an Ecosystem for Your New Recertification Model

• Presentation Slides
• Lisa Alikhan, BA; Senior Manager, Governance & Accreditation
• Carissa Homme, PhD; Senior Manager of Test Development & Certification

Objectives:

1. Review highlights from the Competency & Credentialing Institute’s transition to a new recertification model.
2. Learn to create a framework to obtain stakeholder support at the board and operational levels for your new recertification model.
3. Describe how various organizational components (governance, operations, membership, volunteers) can be deployed to successfully implement your new model.

LUNCH

Build Your Program Using Organizational Payments

• Presentation Slides
• Annette Bush, MBA, BSN, RN, OCN; Director of Credentialing, HPCC
• Keisha Davidson, MBA; Credentialing Programs Associate, HPCC
• Karen Cantor, Implementation Analyst, HPCC

Objectives:

1. Describe three models for allowing organizations to reduce the financial burden of certification on their program participants.
   
2. Weight the benefits and constraints of each model.
   
3. Consider whether any of the models will benefit their organization.
   

Process Innovation: Turning Challenges into Opportunities in Nursing Certification

• Presentation Slides
• Vicki Yfantis, MSN, RN, CRNP, CPAN; President, ABPANC
• Krista Paternostro Bower, MPA, CAE; CEO, ABPANC

Objectives:

1. Participants will identify how effectively using customer feedback and industry analysis can position the organization to meet the needs of constituents.
2. Participants will identify effective methods to advance the certification experience for all customers.

Making Exam Prep a Pillar of a Certification Program

• Presentation Slides
• Michael J. Kingan, DNP, AGPNP-BC, RN, CWOCN, President, WOCNCB
• Cindy Lemek, MA, CAE, Executive Director, WOCNCB

Objectives:

1. Review development process for exam prep flashcards and mobile app flashcards.
2. Identify selection factors for a mobile app vendor.
3. Review ways to incorporate exam prep into certification marketing.

LOFTy Goals

• Presentation Slides
• Cindi Noe, MSN, RN; Certification Practice Specialist, AACN
• Daniel H. Breidenbach, PhD; Director of Psychometrics, PSI Services

Objectives:

1. Explain the concept of Linear On-the-Fly Testing (LOFT).
2. Explain advantages and challenges of (LOFT).
3. Understand motivation for AACN’s implementation.

Consolidating the Management of Continuing Education Across Certification and Licensing Requirements (Video Conference)

• Presentation Slides
• Oleg Shvarts, Founder & President, Certemy

Objectives:

1. Review the current requirements for nursing continuing education across board certification and State licenses and the challenges that these multiple requirements present to nurses.
2. Review a proof-of-concept illustration of how a solution to this challenge is about to be tested in the CME/Medical space.
3. Explore the potential application of this solution for nursing certification boards and the nurses they serve.

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Session 4. ABNS Assembly Meeting

• Assembly meeting Presentation Slides
• Morning Consult Survey PowerPoint
• Morning Consult Key Findings (pdf)
• Member Certification Survey PowerPoint
• Member Certificaiton Survey Results (excel)
• Janie Schumaker, MBA, RN, CEN, CENP, CPHQ, FABC; President, ABNS
• Terri Hinkley, EdD, MBA, BSN, RN, CAE; CEO, Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board; President-Elect, ABNS

Objectives:

1. To describe key initiatives that ABNS is exploring.
2. To discuss open elected positions in the organization.

Agenda:

• Call to Order
• Review/Approval of Agenda
• Appointment of Parliamentarian (1)
• Approval of Consent Agenda:
  • Prior assembly meeting minutes
  • ABNS organizational report & statement of financial position
• Committee/Liaison Reports and Updates:
  • Awards Committee
  • Nominating Committee
• Celebrating Milestones and Anniversaries of ABNS Member Organizations
• Review of the Member Certification Survey
• • Presentation Slides for the Member Survey
  • Excel file of survey results
    
• Review of the Nursing Certification Survey
• Unfinished Business
• New Business
• Adjourn

10:30am - 10:45am
(during organizational sharing)

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• Janie Schumaker, MBA, RN, CEN, CENP, CPHQ, FABC; President, ABNS
• Terri Hinkley, EdD, MBA, BSN, RN, CAE; CEO, Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board; President-Elect, ABNS

Discussion Questions:

1. What are the current recertification requirements in your organization?
   
2. What, if any, new requirements or changes to your current requirements are you considering or have you put in place in the past 12 months?
   
3. Why have you chosen these?
4. Download the current ABSNC Accreditation Standards for Examination-Based Certification Programs. Standard 13 (current wording) can be found on page 36.
   

Objectives:

1. To describe innovative models of recertification.
   
2. To discuss different models of organizational collaboration.
   
3. To discuss how nursing workforce demands may affect certification.

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