Credit Available - See Contact Hours tab below.
Total Contact Hours: 6.5 including 6.5 ANCC Approved
RN, CNS, LPN/LVN, NP
This course is designed for the Nursing Professional Development nurse who wants to successfully complete the certification exam. The course content will include an review of each section of the exam blueprint provided by the American Nurses Credentialing Center while highlighting educational content from the Core Curriculum for Nursing Professional Development. The participant will also create a study plan and review test-taking strategies. The course is interactive, allowing time for participants to ask questions, complete practice tests and review rational for correct answers.
Who is eligible to take this exam? All requirements must be completed prior to application for the examination.
This program prepares the learner to:
Contact Hours: 6.5
MED-ED, Inc. is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
MED-ED, Inc. is an approved provider by the following State Boards of Nursing: Florida/FBN 50-1286 and California #CEP10453.
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Julie has over 25 years’ experience in emergency transport medicine, both flight and ground. Her expertise is in the area of pediatric and neonatal transport and critical care. As program manager and chief flight nurse at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital LifeLine in St. Petersburg, FL, she manages both a high acuity national/international transport team as well as the transfer and dispatch center.
Ms. Bacon holds multiple clinical and leadership certifications. She is an active participant in state disaster planning and management, and as a former hospital emergency management director, is a resource and instructor for hospital emergency preparation for disasters and terrorism. She currently serves as the clinical chair for the Florida EMS for Children State Advisory Committee, vice chair of the Florida State EMS Strategic Planning Committee and is an invited participant representing neonatal/maternal and pediatric issues on multiple state committees.
In addition to clinical topics in pediatric/neonatal critical care and transport medicine, she also lectures nationally and internationally on leadership, including on all areas of teamwork and staff resource management, prioritizing life in a high-stress environment and motivational issues.