AHNCC Holistic Nursing Certification Exams
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AMERICAN HOLISTIC NURSES CREDENTIALING CORPORATION HOLISTIC NURSING CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS HANDBOOK FOR CANDIDATES AND APPLICATION TEST DATES AND APPLICATION DEADLINES (STEP 1) (STEP 2) RECOMMENDED DATE TO SUBMIT SUBMIT STEP TWO TYPE OF TESTING QUALIFICATION FEES NO LATER CERTIFICATION PERIOD APPLICATION THAN HOLISTIC NURSING CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION HN-BC® Spring 2019 February 11, 2019 March 4, 2019 April 6-20, 2019 Fall 2019 September 11, 2019 October 2, 2019 November 2-16, 2019 HOLISTIC BACCALAUREATE NURSING CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION HNB-BC® Spring 2019 January 14, 2019 February 4, 2019 March 2-16, 2019 Fall 2019 August 15, 2019 September 5, 2019 October 5-19, 2019 ADVANCED HOLISTIC NURSING CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION AHN-BC® and ADVANCED PRACTICE HOLISTIC NURSING CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION APHN-BC® Spring 2019 December 12, 2018 January 2, 2019 February 2-16, 2019 Fall 2019 July 17, 2019 August 7, 2019 September 7-21, 2019 esCre urs den cN tia ti l s in li g o C H o n r p a o c i r r a e t i o m n A AHNCC TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 ABOUT AHNCC AND THE HOLISTIC NURSING CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS .............................................................................................................................. - 1 - MISSION ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 1 - VALUES ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. - 1 - PURPOSE .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. - 1 - POLICIES ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 1 - PURPOSE AND BENEFITS OF CERTIFICATION ......................................................................................................................................................................................... - 1 - ADMINISTRATION ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 2 - LEVELS OF EXAMINATION............................................................................................................................................................................................................ - 2 - ELIGIBILITY AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES......................................................................................................................................................................... - 2 - ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. - 2 - THE DEFINITION OF HOLISTIC NURSING ................................................................................................................................................................................................ - 3 - THE DOMAIN OF HOLISTIC NURSING .................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 3 - ATTAINMENT OF CERTIFICATION AND RECERTIFICATION ..................................................................................................................................................................... - 3 - APPLICATION PROCEDURE .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 4 - STEP 1: COMPLETION OF QUALIFICATION APPLICATION ...................................................................................................................................................................... - 4 - STEP 2: COMPLETION OF EXAMINATION APPLICATION ........................................................................................................................................................................ - 4 - FEES ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 5 - REFUNDS/TRANSFERS .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 5 - EXAMINATION ADMINISTRATION ............................................................................................................................................................................................... - 5 - SCHEDULING YOUR EXAMINATION APPOINTMENT .............................................................................................................................................................................. - 6 - CHANGING YOUR APPOINTMENT ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 6 - INTERNATIONAL TESTING ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 6 - SPECIAL NEEDS ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 6 - ABOUT THE COMPUTER BASED TESTING FORMAT ............................................................................................................................................................................... - 7 - TESTING SOFTWARE DEMO .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. - 7 - RULES FOR THE EXAMINATION ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. - 7 - ONLINE PRACTICE TESTS .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. - 7 - REPORT OF RESULTS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 8 - REEXAMINATION ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ - 8 - QUESTIONS/COMMENTS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ - 9 - CONTENT OF EXAMINATION ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 9 - BLUEPRINT FOR THE EXAMINATIONS ................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 9 - SAMPLE CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION QUESTIONS .......................................................................................................................................................................... - 10 - REFERENCES ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... - 14 - CERTIFICANT RESPONSIBILITIES ................................................................................................................................................................................................. - 15 - CONFIDENTIALITY ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................