STEPS to SUCCESS!

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