Board Certification
For the past six
months I spent time preparing for the ANCC Informatics Nursing Certification
exam. I am pleased to report, I
passed!
Honestly, my decision
to take the exam was the longest part of my journey. I believed that graduate
informatics nursing education was enough; so for 5 years I avoided the certification
process thinking it didn’t apply to me. It was last year that I accepted the challenge
to sit for the exam because I realized that the certification provided a spark
to have a conversation with others about informatics nursing specialty. I am leveraging my recent certification as an
opportunity to discuss the unique skills and knowledge that an informatics
nurse specialist brings to projects and the workplace. These conversations inform others about the informatics
nursing specialty and as a young profession it is important to tell our story
with a clear voice.
To learn more about the
application process for certification visit the ANCC website. There are a number of helpful tools to
support preparation that achieves a successful outcome. My personal approach was to participate in an
online review program, and to use a review text. Additionally I found this
website very helpful to create my own practice exams www.quizlet.com. My reward has been a number of occasions to
explain and discuss the role of the informatics nurse. These discussions
resulted in me finding more opportunities to be engaged with a wider range of
project that involve process improvement of system where data and information
sharing activities are key.
