This is a Computer-Based Test (CBT)

Credential Awarded: RN-BC (Registered Nurse—Board Certified)

Description of Practice
The ambulatory care nurse is a registered nurse who provides nursing care on an episodic basis, in which a single or a series of encounters is less than 24 hours in duration. Ambulatory care nursing practice occurs in diverse settings such as, but not limited to, telehealth, health care facilities, community-based settings, schools, workplaces, homes, and via multi-media communications healthcare environments. The ambulatory care nurse utilizes cost-effective ways to assist patients and/or clients in promoting wellness, preventing illness, and managing acute and chronic diseases to optimize the patients’ health status throughout their life span. The patient and/or client engages in predominantly self-managed health activities or receives care from families (self-defined), with or without assistance from community-based agencies outside the institutional setting.

Eligibility Criteria
All requirements must be completed prior to application for the examination.

		Hold a current, active RN license in a state or territory of the United States or the
		professional, legally recognized equivalent in another country
		Have practiced the equivalent of two years full time as a registered nurse
		Have a minimum of 2,000 hours of clinical practice in ambulatory
		care and/or telehealth nursing within the last three years
		Have completed 30 hours of continuing education in ambulatory care
		and/or telehealth nursing within the last three years