Contact Hours

Continuing education from an accredited provider or approver of NCPDs. Continuing education certificates must include your name, date and name of program, number of NCPDs awarded and accreditation statement.

Provide medical-surgical focused clinical supervision to baccalaureate, master's, or doctoral degree students or newly hired nurses. Include in your recertification application with a preceptorship form.

Academic courses related to nursing successfully completed while enrolled in an accredited baccalaureate, master’s, or doctoral degree program. Include in your recertification application with an unofficial transcript.

Preparation and presentation of content for academic courses or NCPD programs. Presentations must award to participants either academic credit or contact hours by an accredited provider or approver of NCPDs.

Author, co-author, or editor of a book, book chapter, or published article. The article must be a manuscript or research paper, and any publication must be published by a recognized publisher or professional journal.

The poster must be relevant to medical-surgical nursing and presented at a regional or national meeting.

The development of program content for audiovisual or other multimedia.

Research project approved by the Investigational Review Board (IRB) of a healthcare facility in which you are one of the primary investigators. Include in your recertification application with the research proposal submitted to the facility's IRB.

Evidence-Based Practice projects that have been given exempt status by the IRB or have been implemented in your healthcare facility and are reflected in its policies, procedures, or clinical guidelines. You must have been involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the project. Include in your recertification application with a copy of the research proposal.

Board member or committee chair of a national nursing organization.
 

Members of MSNCB Test Development Committees may count active participation time. These hours will be automatically reported on your behalf, and can be seen in the AMSN Reported Contact Hours section of your application.
 

Members of MSNCB Recertification Committee may count active participation time. These hours will be automatically reported on your behalf, and can be seen in the AMSN Reported Contact Hours section of your application.
 

Members of most AMSN Volunteer Units may count active participation time. Contact hour amount and designation are to be determined at the discretion of the AMSN committee chair and staff liaison. These hours will be automatically reported on your behalf, and can be seen in the AMSN Reported Contact Hours section of your application.