Eighty (80) continuing education hours must be earned during the five (5) year certification period:
- A minimum of fifty (50) continuing education hours must be gerontological health care specific topics (Category A).
- The remaining thirty (30) continuing education hours can be a combination of general nursing, health care and academic (Category B).
Category A: Gerontological Health Care (minimum of fifty (50) continuing education hours)
- Continuing education hours awarded for attendance at seminars and conferences with content specific for gerontological health care and are accredited as an approver/provider of continuing education, such as the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a state board of nursing, nursing association or Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
- Nursing and professional publications and presentations specific to gerontological health care:
Book chapter (author/co-author)
- 5 continuing education hours per chapter
- maximum 25 continuing education hours per recertification period
Journal article (author)
- 5 continuing education hours
- maximum 10 continuing education hours per recertification period
Multimedia presentation/lecture (must be approved by an accredited approver/provider of continuing education)
- A 60-minute presentation will equal 3 continuing education hours in recognition of preparation time
- maximum 9 continuing education hours per recertification period
- the applicant must be the only presenter for the 60-minute presentation
Research abstracts – published/presented
- 2 continuing education hours
- maximum 6 continuing education hours per recertification period
Editor/ textbook
- 15 continuing education hours
Research proposal submitted to a federal agency, foundation or industry
- 15 continuing education hours
Study site coordinator
- 5 continuing education hours per study
- maximum of 2 studies, for total of 10 continuing education hours per recertification period
- if applicant’s primary job is a study coordinator, the study cannot be used for recertification
Editors, assistant editors, and manuscript reviewers
- 1 manuscript = 1 continuing education hour
- 2 manuscripts = 3 continuing education hours
- 3 or more manuscripts = 5 continuing education hours per recertification period
Independent study (home study) by an accredited approver/provider of continuing education within the five (5) year certification period
- 1 contact hour = 1 continuing education hours
CME
- 1 Continuing Medical Education credit = 1 continuing education hour
Membership on a national/local board or national/local committee
- A 1-hour meeting or 1-hour conference call = 1 continuing education hour
- Maximum 10 continuing education hours per recertification period
GNCC Test Development Committee or task force participant
- One-day session = 3 continuing education hours
- Maximum of 9 continuing education hours per recertification period
Preceptor hours
- 120 preceptor hours = 20 continuing education hours
Category B: General Nursing, Health Care, and Academic (maximum of 30 continuing education hours)
- Continuing education hours awarded for attendance at seminars and conferences with content specific for gerontological health care and are accredited as an approver/provider of continuing education, such as the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a state board of nursing, nursing association or Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)
- Nursing and professional publications and presentations specific to gerontological health care:
Academic courses must be biopsychosocial content
- Each semester hour = 15 continuing education hours
- Each quarter hour = 10 continuing education hours
Continuing education hours earned for general nursing or health care same as Category A
- Professional publications or presentations in general nursing or health care same as Category A
- Independent study in general nursing or health care same as Category A
- CME - 1 Continuing Medical Education credit = 1 continuing education hour
Continuing education hours must be documented with:
- copies of certificates of attendance at approved seminars or conferences
- copies of published materials, presentations, or multimedia productions (i.e., video, audio tapes, or computer-generated discs)