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and the ANCC offered their first national pain management
certification exam in October 2005. Knowing what the test
questions are based on may help you to consider the quality
and pride in sitting for and being awarded certification in
pain management.
The
exam was the culmination of several research-based efforts
to identify the role delineation, scope and standards for
practice and the blueprint or core curriculum for pain management
nursing. The American Nurses' Association recognized pain
management as a specialty within the practice of nursing in
2005 based on this unique role and scope of practice. The
Core Curriculum for Pain Management Nursing (2002) provided
the scientific bases and nursing processes for practice at
basic and advanced levels of practice, together with age and
cultural variables and across comprehensive environments.
Position Statements published by ASPMN provided additional
guidelines for evidenced based practice. Item writers for
the ANCC examination were given these references and others
to develop test questions.
So,
when you sit for the exam you are validating your knowledge
of this unique specialty in nursing. Pain Management Certification
means that you possess sufficient knowledge of pain physiology,
pathophysiology and how to apply the nursing process to produce
effective outcomes for pain management as judged by experts
from the ANCC and ASPMN. Your knowledge encompasses the evidenced
based works that pain management nursing is built upon. You
are among a select group of nurses.
ASPMN Disclaimer: ASPMN supports the ANCC in its mission to develop fair and reasonable exams to confer pain management nursing certification. However, ASPMN is not involved in the selection of any of the test questions, in determining what constitutes passing the exam, and/or in determining any certification eligibility criteria. ASPMN, as the organization that represents Pain Management Nursing, conducted the original role delineation study utilized by ANCC, developed the Core Curriculum in Pain Management Nursing, the Scope and Standards for Pain Management Nursing and Position Statements that constitute a framework for specialty practice
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