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What is NCC?

 

The National Certification Corporation (NCC) is a not for profit organization that provides a national credentialing program for nurses, physicians and other licensed health care personnel.  Certification is awarded to nurses in the obstetric, gynecologic, neonatal and telephone nursing specialties and certificates of added qualification are awarded in the subspecialty areas of electronic fetal monitoring, breastfeeding, gynecologic health care and menopause.

 

Since its inception in 1975, NCC has awarded certification or certificates of added qualification to more than 83,000 licensed health care personnel.

 

Certification Awarded through 2007

Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner

12,922
Inpatient Obstetric Nurse

 35,185
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse

 13,855
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

   4,311
Low Risk Neonatal Nurse 

   4,605
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility Nurse*

      594
Ambulatory Women's Health Care Nurse*

      851
High Risk Obstetric Nurse*

      420
Maternal Newborn Nurse

   3,929
Telephone Nursing Practice Nurse*

     1,209

 

Certificates of Added Qualification Awarded through 2007

Electronic Fetal Monitoring

 4,414
Breastfeeding*

    152

Gynecologic/Reproductive Health Care for the Primary Care Nurse

Practitioner and Nurse Midwife*

      86

Obstetrics for the  Primary Care Nurse Practitioner*

     18
Menopause Clinician*

    558
Menopause Educator*

    159
 
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Is NCC Accredited?
 
NCC's certification program is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), the accreditation body of the National Organization for Competency Assurance (NOCA).  This accreditation means that NCC's certification program was subjected to rigorous third-party review and found to meet "the highest national voluntary standards for private certification."  Go to NCCA's website (www.noca.org/ncca/ncca.htm) for further information on accreditation of certification organizations.
 
Is NCC Affiliated with AWHONN?
 
No.  NCC is an independent, not for profit national certification organization.  AWHONN (the Association for Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses) is a separate membership organization.