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ONCB members hold fall meeting
Members of the Orthopaedic Nurses Certification Board met in mid-October to continue their strategic planning for the organization’s future. Among key decisions, the board will initiate year-round certification testing in 2013. ONCB representatives also will [Read More...]
LearningBuilder is live!
ONCB launched the new LearningBuilder program in mid-November 2011 to assist certificants with online continuing education maintenance, recertification application submission, and audits. Establishing a LearningBuilder account is FREE for all certificants. You can even upload [Read More...]
ONCB Test Committee member receives HRSA grant
ONCB Test Committee member Michael Zychowicz, DNP, ANP-C, ONP-C, FAANP, received a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to develop an orthopaedic nurse practitioner specialty at Duke University School of Nursing [Read More...]
ONCB announces individual, facility winners of Orthopaedic Nursing Certification Advocacy Awards
Orthopaedic Nursing Certification Advocacy Award Individual Winner Alice J. Cockerel, MSN, MSM, RN, CNL, ONC Alice has been a registered nurse for over 31 years, all of them in orthopaedics. She is now the advanced [Read More...]
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