CNA Certification

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Continuous Learning Guidelines & Forms

Guidelines for Earning Continuous Learning (CL) Activities

Initial certification: If you are an occupational health or enterostomal therapy nurse seeking initial certification, you need to have accumulated a total of 75 hours of CL activities.

Certification renewal: To renew your certification credential, you need to earn a total of 100 CL hours related to your nursing specialty/area of practice during your five-year certification term.

For the general guidelines for earning CL activities, and specific guidelines for recording your CL activities, refer to the 2012 Certification Renewal General Application Guide. The information can be found under the Eligibility criteria section.

 

Continuous Learning Activities Guidelines and Forms

• Guidelines for Earning Continuous Learning (CL) Activities

• Continuous learning forms for registering your CL activities
  
  
  • Continuous Learning for Certification Renewal: Part A – Planning
    PDF file   Word format
    
    
  • Continuous Learning for Certification Renewal: Part B – Activities and Competencies
    PDF file   Word format

• Verification of continuous learning activities
  
  NOTE: The verification form is to be used as a template for CL activities when attendance in the activity cannot be verified in other forms (e.g., certificate of attendance, receipt, transcript of marks).
  
  
  • Verification of Continuous Learning form
    PDF file

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Updated: April 15, 2011