Radiology

Offered by:

 Radiological Nursing Certification Board (RNCB)

7794 Grow Drive

Pensacola, FL 32514

866.486.2762 (Voice)

rncb@dancyamc.com

www.arinursing.org

Requirements:

To become a Board Certified Radiological Nurse (RNC), candidates must:

1. Currently hold an active RN license or international licensure equivalent. A photocopy of your current license must be submitted with your application.

2. Have practiced as a licensed registered nurse a minimum of 2,000 hours in radiology nursing within the past 3 years.

Eligibility requirement #2 may be met if you are engaged in direct patient care or direct clinical management, supervision, education, or direction of other persons to achieve or help achieve patient/client goals for the stated number of hours.

NOTE: Two responsible practitioners in the specialty area must verify that you meet the practice requirements.

Candidates must have obtained 30 contact hours of continuing education applicable to nursing care of radiology patients within the last 2 years. A minimum of 15 of the 30 contact hours must be specifically related to radiological nursing. Contact hours in radiological nursing may be accumulated through any of the categories of continuing education activities provided the content is applicable to radiological nursing.

Documentation of continuing education must be submitted. Documentation may include a copy of a contact hour certificate indicating approval of the educational activity, a transcript from an academic institution, or a letter on official letterhead from the provider or sponsor of the continuing education activity. It is the applicant’s responsibility to obtain certificates, transcripts, and other documentation. RNCB will not obtain documentation of continuing education for applicants. RNCB reserves the right to verify participation in continuing education activities.

BLS, PALS, NALS, and ACLS certification and recertification are not counted toward radiology certification and recertification, effective February 2007.

To be accepted, contact hours must be approved by one of the following:

1. Any agency, organization, or educational institution accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center Commission on Accreditation (ANCC), the credentialing body of the American Nurses Association.
2. The state boards of nursing in those states where the state nurses association is not accreditedby the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
3. A program awarding continuing medical education (CME) credits.
4. A program accredited or approved by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists orthe Association of Vascular and Interventional Radiographers.

The continuing education requirements for certification may be met by using contact hour equivalencies as follows:

• CEU = 10 Contact Hours
• Academic Semester Hour = 15 Contact Hours
• Contact Hour = .1 CEU
• Academic Quarter Hour = 12.5 Contact Hours
• Contact Hour = 50 minutes
• CME = 60 minutes or 1.2 Contact Hours

Fees:

All applicants for certification pay both an application fee and an examination fee. The application fee, late fee, and any special fees are non-refundable and non-transferable to another test year. All fees must be paid at the time of application.

ARIN Member Rate – $300

(including a $25 application fee and an examination fee of $275)

Non-Member Rate – $425

(including a $25 application fee and an examination fee of $400)

A one-time retake fee for persons who took the exam and did not pass is $275 for ARIN Members and $400 for Non-Members.

2011-2012

Deadlines & Dates:

Re-certification:

4 years from the date of passing exam.

Application:

To download the application, click HERE.