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RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT |
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- Certified Hyperbaric Registered Nurse (CHRN):
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- Complete an application for recertification.
- Have a current Registered Nurse license in the state where practicing hyperbaric nursing.
- Have a current certification in Basic Life Support.
- Document a minimum of (10 hours/week or 40 hours/month) 480 hours per year in the clinical and/or administrative areas of hyperbaric nursing per supervisor or employer.
- Complete forty hours (40) of continuing education credits (hours) per previous four years, with at least twenty (20) of those credits in the field of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
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- Advanced Certified Hyperbaric Registered Nurse (ACHRN):
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- Complete an application for recertification
- Have a current Registered Nurse license in the state where practicing hyperbaric nursing
- Have a current certification in Basic Life Support
- Document a minimum of (10 hours/week or 40 hours/month) 480 hours per year in the clinical and/or administrative areas of hyperbaric nursing
- Document a minimum of three years experience in the field of hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Complete sixty hours (60) of continuing education credits (hours) per previous four years, with at least thirty (30) of those credits in the field of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
- Provide written documentation of at least two of the following:
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- Contributes to the administrative activities of the Hyperbaric Unit/Department
- Taught BNACB approved entry level hyperbaric oxygen therapy courses and/or
classes or lectures on hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Have primary responsibility for planning/coordinating nursing care for patients
undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy
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- Certified Hyperbaric Registered Nurse Clinician (CHRNC):
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- Complete an application for recertification
- Have a current Registered Nurse license in the state where practicing hyperbaric nursing
- Have a current certification in Basic Life Support
- Document a minimum of (10 hours/week or 40 hours/month) 480 hours per year in the clinical and/or administrative areas of hyperbaric nursing
- Minimum of 5 years experience in the field of hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Complete a minimum of sixty (60) continuing education credits (hours) per previous four years, with at least thirty (30) of those continuing education credits (hours) in hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Provide written documentation of at least three of the following:
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- Responsible for administrative and nursing care activities of the Hyperbaric
Unit/Department
- Speaker at regional/national hyperbaric conferences and workshops
- Contributes to hyperbaric materials for regional/national distribution, i.e. journal
articles, manuals, videos, books, etc
- Active participation in the Baromedical Nurses Association (BNA), Baromedical Nurses Association Certification Board (BNACB),Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS), UHMS Chapters, and/or UHMS Associates as an officer or committee member
- Principal investigator or co-investigator in a published hyperbaric or related study
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