Cardiovascular Nursing Educator's Workshop and Board Certification Exam Opportunity
What the ABCM is offering CV Educators
The function of the American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine's (ABCM) Board Certification Exam for Educators is to enhance the quality of healthcare delivery by maintaining high Educational Standards for Certifying Cardiovascular Nurse Educators who are responsible for the Education of their Cardiac Nursing staff in a host of Cardiovascular Arenas.
The goal of the ABCM is to initiate a National Standard of Education that will ensure all Cardiovascular Nurses and Nurse Practitioners are created equally. Through our National testing of these professionals, we have found regional areas of deficiency among clinical Cardiovascular Nursing Staff. By initiating a process of Board Certifying the Cardiovascular Nursing Educators, we can ensure that they will have demonstrated that they all have the same body of knowledge and skills necessary to deliver effective Cardiovascular Nursing Education Fellowship Programs to their Nursing staff, whether it is a beginning or advanced CV Program.
Cardiovascular Nursing Educator's Workshop (A live Interactive Workshop for Educators Only)
To accomplish the goal of Board Certifying our Nations Cardiovascular Nursing Educators, the ABCM is hosting a series of CVNE Educators Workshop for Cardiovascular Nursing Educators only. At these regional CVNE Workshops, CVNE Educators will receive a working copy of the ABCM's Standards of Practice for all CV Arenas, and Curriculum Development Plans necessary to initiate or enhance in-house CVN Fellowship training programs. Each group of CVNE Educators meeting at these regional CVNE Workshops will have the opportunity to provide input regarding Standards of Practice and education strategies to the Board for consideration. These workshops will be interactive between our expert faculty and the CVNE Educators in attendance. The CVNE Educators will have the opportunity to sit for the National CVNE Board Certification Examinations at the conclusion of the program should this be a goal they wish to seek.
CVN Educator's Workshops Scheduled
TBD
About the CVNE Educator's Exam
There are two Levels of this Exam and CVNE Educators may sit for either level; keeping in mind that the CVNE Level II Exam contains the CVNE Level I questions, whereas the CVNE Level I Examination only contains Level I questions. The exam is not about how to teach, but rather what to teach Cardiac Nurses, and as such requires the Examinee to have a vast knowledge of cardiology practice.
The CVNE Educator's Level I Exam consists of 200 single best answer type questions. The CVNE Level I Examination is intended for Non-Acute CVNE Educators teaching beginning Level Cardiac Nurses preparing for or who already work in a Non-Acute area of Cardiology such as Telemetry, Post Acute Care Units, and Chest Pain Center Nursing staff.
The CVNE Level II Examination consists of 150 single best answer type questions. The CVNE Level II Examination is intended for Cardiovascular Critical Care Educators teaching Acute Care Cardiac Nurses preparing for or who already work in Acute Care Cardiac Units.
Frequently Asked Questions About the CVNE Educators Board Certification Examination
Is there an oral or clinical component of the examination?
No.
The CVNE Educator's Boards consist of a comprehensive,
multiple-choice, written examination.
The ABCM determined that it
would be logistically difficult to schedule oral or clinical examinations.
How
is the Passing Grade for the CVNE Educator's Examination determined?
The ABCM Board members discuss the minimal acceptable knowledge base for a
candidate to be competent in each area of cardiology.
These
judgments are combined to derive a minimum overall passing score.
The standard for passing is maintained constant
between examinations
by
comparing the scores from similar questions in current and previous
examinations. Scores are adjusted to ensure a
common examination standard regardless of the year the examination is taken.
Scores are given in each area of testing to provide the examinees with our
assessment of their areas of strength and weakness.
Does
the ABCM Provide or Endorse Any Courses or Textbooks for Exam Candidates?
The ABCM does not endorse any specific Cardiovascular Course or textbook.
What is the Question Format Used on the CVNE Educator's Boards?
The question format is single best answer.
Questions with double negatives and type questions
(a and b are correct, or all of
the above except) are not used in the examination.
How Are CVNE Educator's Board Questions Set?
The ABCM maintains a large bank of
cardiology questions that are updated regularly.
Board Certified Cardiovascular Nurse Educators are
invited to submit questions to the data bank.
Submit questions are reviewed by the ABCM for
scientific accuracy, clarity of meaning, and clinical importance.
Submitted questions will be provided to our panel of
CVNE Education experts for approval. Before a question is included
in the examination, it is reviewed both by clinicians and by ABCM examination
reviewers.
What is the process for CVNE Educator's Recertification?
The requirements for recertification are:
1.
maintaining a valid unrestricted nurse
license
2.
verification of clinical competence –
letter from employer essential
3.
assessment of clinical competence by
local peer group, letter of recommendation essential
4.
50 CE credit hours obtained over three years in Cardiology
and/or Education
5. recertification application
6. payment of recertification fee with application $150 for three years