Our most popular way to recertify!
Our most popular method of recertification is recertification by contact hours. Contact hours can be earned by completing continuing education and professional activities. You will document those activities in your Contact Hours Tracker. Then, MSNCB will verify your contact hours.
Eligibility
- Certification. You must hold a CMSRN certification that expires within one year.
- License. You must hold an unencumbered and current license as an RN in the United States, its territories, or Canada. International nurses also eligible.
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Hours of practice. You must have worked 1,000 practice hours in a medical-surgical setting in the last 5 years. Practice may be as a clinical nurse, as a manager, or as an educator.
- Certificants with experience as a student, see the CMSRN Certification Handbook.
- Contact hours. You must have earned 90 verified contact hours in the last 5 years. 68 of those contact hours must be designated as MedSurg. Only 22 contact hours may be designated ProfDev. Download the Contact Hours Guide to learn more.
Fees
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AMSN Member Fee
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Standard Fee
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Recertify by contact hours
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$193
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$303
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All fees include a $79 non-refundable processing fee. Fees are subject to change anytime without notice.
Audit
- 10% of all recertification applications are randomly selected for audit.
- Audited applicants must submit documentation for all contact hours within 30 days of notification.
- If you decline, fail, or miss the deadline for the audit, your recertification application fees are nonrefundable and your CMSRN credential will be revoked.
- You may be required to earn more contact hours before you can pass the audit.
NOTE: Recertify after expiration
You may apply for recertification by contact hours during your grace period as well, which lasts for one year after your CMSRN expires. Your contact hours must have been earned in the 5-year period immediately preceding the date you submit your recertification application.
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