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National League for Nursing - Certification for Nurse Educators

The Academic Nurse Educator Certification Program

Are you a certified nurse educator (CNE) who is interested in volunteering your time in talent in order to contribute to the ongoing development of the certified nurse educator examination? If so, please consider the following opportunities:

CNE Item Writer

  • Contribute psychometrically sound, discriminating questions that reflect the role of the academic nurse educator at all levels of nursing education
  • Receive professional acknowledgement for your participation
  • Engage in a professional development activity that can be used toward meeting the requirements for certification renewal

Test Development Committee

  • Participate in a secured online or face-to-face review of test items for content, accuracy, and relevancy to the academic nurse educator role
  • Participate in preliminary item analysis of pre-test items
  • Participate as a judge in the determination of the examination’s passing standard (when required)
  • Receive professional acknowledgement for your participation
  • Engage in a professional development activity that can be used toward meeting the requirements for certification renewal

Certification Committee

  • Serve on a committee whose function is to design, implement, and evaluate the nurse educator certification program
  • Receive professional acknowledgement for your participation
  • Engage in a professional development activity that can be used toward meeting the requirements for certification renewal

We hope that you will give serious consideration to participating in the development of the CNE examination. It is because of the generous contributions of our volunteers’ time and talents that the certified nurse educator credential is a resounding success and a significant milestone in nursing education’s history.

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