The Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) has named Joan Rhoa, BSN, RN, OCN®, CBCN® the 2024 Certified Breast Care Nurse (CBCN®) of the Year. Rhoa is Clinical Nurse IV in the Women’s Center at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California.
Rhoa is being recognized for her achievements in breast care nursing practice, nursing service, and promotion of certification.
The Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) announces Jennifer Peterson MSN, RN, OCN®, BMTCN® as the 2024 Blood and Marrow Transplant Certified Nurse (BMTCN®) of the Year. Peterson is a Clinical Practice Education Specialist at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, California.
Peterson is being recognized for her achievements in blood and marrow transplant nursing practice, nursing service, and promotion of certification.
The Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC) has named Anne Kolenic, DNP, APRN, AOCNS® as the 2024 Advanced Oncology Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist (AOCNS®) of the Year. Kolenic is Network SCC Lead Educator, Ambulatory Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Kolenic is being recognized for her achievements in advanced oncology nursing practice, nursing service, and promotion of certification.
We’re celebrating you this Oncology Nursing Month with a 20% discount on certification test fees!*
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Courtney MacLeod, RN, BSN, OCN of Portland, Maine has been elected to the ONCC Board of Directors.
MacLeod is a Nursing Supervisor at New England Cancer Specialists where she participates on several workplace committees related to safety, quality, operations, clinical leadership, and the Quality Oncology Practice Initiative (QOPI) recertification.
ONCC will raise its certification test fees January 1, 2023, by $4. The new test fees will be:
The nominal fee increase is needed to help offset increased expenses associated with providing ONCC’s high-quality certification examinations.
You worked hard for your certification. Show it off with a digital badge. ONCC partnered with Credly’s Acclaim platform to provide you with a digital version of your credentials. Digital badges can be used in email signatures, digital resumes, and on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
Don’t let test anxiety hold you back from taking a certification test. ONCC DoubleTake provides a retake option if you don’t pass the test on the first attempt – without paying the full test fee again.
The ONCC FreeTake Program is designed to help institutions reduce the two most common barriers that discourage nurses from taking certification tests: anxiety from fear of failing and the financial burden of paying for the test upfront. Learn how two institutions – and their nurses – have found success.