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CNN Eligibility Criteria

1. The applicant must hold a full and unrestricted license as a registered nurse in the United States, or its territories.

2. The applicant must have completed a minimum of 2,500 hours of experience in one or more of the following areas of nephrology nursing within the two (2) years before submitting the application:

   • Home hemodialysis.

   • Home peritoneal dialysis.

   • Inpatient acute kidney injury on kidney replacement therapy.

   • Inpatient critical care on kidney replacement therapy (eg., Apheresis, CRRT, etc).

   • CKD management NOT on kidney replacement therapy.

   • Kidney transplant.

3. The applicant must have completed thirty (30) contact hours of approved continuing education credit in nephrology nursing within two (2) years prior to submitting the exam application.
   
   Continuing education must be approved by one of the following:

• Organizations accredited by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center – Commission on Accreditation (ANCC-COA) the credentialing body of the American Nurses Association.

• The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN).

• The Council of Continuing Education.

• All State Boards of Nursing.
  
  Please be aware that although programs may meet requirements set forth by other state boards of nursing, they may not meet the Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission criteria.