FIRST STEP: Register! If you find your name, update your information by editing!
- By registering, you gain access to the “how and why” of FNCB Certification – an independent non-profit 501c3 public charitable organization!
SECOND STEP: Click on FNCB SHOPPING! Purchase the Handbook (FREE).
THIRD STEP: Review the eligibility in the HANDBOOK, determine your AACN level, and purchase your preferred certification examination.
- Purchasing the certification examination opens the Application! AND gives you a FREE STUDY GUIDE!
FOURTH STEP: Complete your Application and the Orientation Course.
- You have 30 days to complete your application after purchase!
- If your application is not received in 30 days, you lose access to the course(s) you purchased until your application is submitted and approved.
- When your application is complete and approved, a separate invitation to the LMS secure website will arrive in your email from INSTRUCTURE. Be sure to check your Spam for the invitation.
FIFTH STEP: Once your application is approved by the FNCB Application Committee, you will be enrolled in the next testing period – January, April, July, or October.
- You may choose another testing period once without cause.
- For cause, you may move your testing period one time within one year of your application.
SIXTH STEP: Complete the Orientation Course. Use the Study Guides as a pathway to certification success.
- NOTE: Pass rates are positively associated with more time spent studying the STUDY GUIDES!
- STUDY GUIDES are FREE with the purchase of a certification examination.
- OR Candidate hopefuls may purchase the STUDY GUIDES.
FOR QUESTIONS NOT ANSWERED HERE, CHECK OUT THE FNCB’S FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS OR CONTACT FNCB.
In 2018, a group of practicing Advanced Forensic Nurses, who were educating the next generation of forensic nurses, re-imagined the Forensic Nursing Certification Board (FNCB). An offshoot from the Academy of Forensic Nursing, FNCB is a separate and independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and a member of the American Board of Nursing Specialty Certification (ABNSC).
The re-imagined Forensic Nursing Certification Board is conformed to the primary purpose of promoting quality trauma-informed person-centered care for patients who experience trauma and/or are intersecting with legal systems.
FNCB thrives on quality and consensus among educators and providers to ensure that forensic nursing certifications meet the ABNSC standards, which opens doors to advancement, increases confidence, and provides a personal sense of accomplishment.
