This is a Computer-Based Test (CBT)

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

Description of Practice
Cardiac vascular nurses provide comprehensive nursing care to individuals diagnosed with cardiac vascular disease and identified as at risk for cardiac vascular events. These services are provided in a variety of settings including acute, ambulatory care, community-based, work-site, and school-based programs. Cardiac vascular nursing practice promotes achievement and maintenance of optimal cardiac vascular wellness.

The cardiac vascular nurse is responsible for the development, coordination, and evaluation of a plan of care that uses a multi-disciplinary and case management approach. While concentrating on cardiac vascular health, the practice considers all influences on health status and the related social and behavioral problems. The theoretical basis for this nursing practice incorporates physiological and psychosocial concepts of health as they affect cardiac/vascular wellness in patients ages 18 and above.

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 cardiac
		vascular nursing within the last three years
		Have completed 30 hours of continuing education in cardiac vascular
		nursing within the last three years