Everything you need to know about the Individual Learning Needs

Assessment

Originally presented by Cyndi Miller Murphy MSN, RN, CAE

Executive DirectorONCC

INDI

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ALRequirements for recertification are individualized

LEAR

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EEDSBased on

learning needs related to current knowledge AS

SESS

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TIdentified through the certification examination or the assessment

VALIDATE• Comprehensive

specialty knowledge

FOCUS• Specific individual

learning needs

REWARD• Nurses who

maintain broad, current competencies

Pass Certification Examination

Review Identified Learning

Needs

Earn Targeted Professional Development

Track through Individual

LearningBuilder Plan

Renew Certification

Take Online Assessment

Review Identified Learning

Needs

Earn Targeted Professional

Development

Track through Individual

LearningBuilder Plan

Renews using ONCPRO 2014

Due to renew in 2018

Takes the assessment

after renewal complete and

before 12/31/17

Earns points after assessment taken, based on results

Documents points in Learning

Plan

Submits recertification

application and Learning Plan

between 1/1/18 and 9/15/18

An Example

ILNA: based on a five- step model recommended by the Citizen Advocacy Center to “enable clinicians to practice safe quality care and to support their efforts as life-long learners.” Routine

periodic third-party

assessment

Develop a personal plan

Implement a personal plan

Documentation

Demonstrate and evaluate competence

Citizen Advocacy Center. (2004). Maintaining and Improving Health Professional Competence: The Citizen Advocacy Center Road Map to Continuing Competency Assurance. Washington D.C.: Author

ILNA is healthy!

• Administratively feasibleA• Publicly credibleP• Professionally acceptableP• Legally defensibleL• Economically affordableE

Who should take the Assessment?

• Nurses who renew by professional development in 2012 and beyond– Assessments not available to nurses

who hold AOCN® and CPON® Certification

• These nurses continue to use ONC-PRO

Process of Taking the Assessment

Nurse recertifies

ONCC provides

access to the assessment via Pearson

VUE

Nurse registers to

take the assessment

No fee

Nurse takes assessment within 24 hours of

registration

Nurse receives immediate

results which direct

professional development

Where and When to take the Assessment

A quiet place with access to a

Computer (not a mobile device) and the internet

With at least two hours of

uninterrupted time

What is the Assessment Like?

Survey• Self assessment• Rate knowledge

based on test blueprints

Tutorial• Practice using

features of the assessment

• Mark for review• Return to items

Assessment items• Based on test

blueprints• 100 items• Multiple choice • Matching• Drag-drop

Assessments are Secure and Protected

Secure login provided by ONCC

•Only those with profile and login can access the assessment•Must be completed within 24 hours of registration

Timed•Must be completed within two hours•No exit or re-entry

Intellectual Property of ONCC

•Printing, copying disabled•Sharing of information in any format (including verbal) is strictly prohibited•Irregularities investigated, action taken

ILNA Results

No pass/fail-ILNA is not a test

Results based on the major content areas of the test blueprintBenchmarks for each

content area-Meet benchmark- no points required

-Do not meet benchmark –points required, based on

weighting of content in the test blueprint

ILNA Results

Maximum possible points required = 100

Minimum required = 25

• Those who need fewer than 25 may earn the additional points in any blueprint content category they choose

OCN® Test Blueprint

I. Health Promotion, Screening, and Early Detection – 6% of test content A. Health promotion B. Epidemiology (e.g., at-risk populations, occupations, age) C. Prevention (e.g., high-risk behaviors, preventive health practices) D. Screening and early detection

II. Scientific Basis for Practice – 9% of test content A. Carcinogenesis B. Immunology C. Genetic risk factors D. Research protocols E. Clinical trials F. Regarding specific cancer types:

1. pathophysiology 2. common metastatic sites 3. diagnostic measures 4. prognosis 5. classification 6. staging 7. histologic grading

III. Treatment Modalities – 16% of test content A. Surgery B. Blood and marrow transplant C. Radiation therapy D. Chemotherapy E. Targeted therapies F. Biotherapy

IV. Symptom Management – 22% of test content A. Etiology and patterns of symptoms (acute, chronic, late) B. Toxicity and grading scales C. Anatomical and surgical alterations D. Pharmacologic interventions E. Complementary and integrative modalities (e.g., massage, acupuncture, herbal

supplements) F. Alterations in:

1. hematologic function 2. immune function 3. gastrointestinal function 4. genitourinary function 5. integumentary function 6. respiratory function 7. cardiovascular function

How to Use ResultsREVI

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RESULTS

Report of required pointsBased on benchmark in each content area

TEST BLUEPRI

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Review for content areas and sub-content areas

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ONS and APHON offerings coded based on blueprint content areas

Ways to Earn Points

Continuing Nursing

Education

Continuing Medical

Education

Academic Education

Professional Publications

Professional Presentations

Individualized for each certified nurse

• Results of exam or assessment imported

Tracks points and progress

• Points entered as earned• Shows progress toward meeting requirements

Submit to ONCC when due

• Paperless submission• Required documents can be uploaded

A New Way to Track and

Submit Points for Recertification:LEARNINGBUILDER

LEARNINGBUILDER 1-2-3• Imports test or assessment results to

individual plan• Provides access to plan1.ONCC• Attains professional development• Enters points into plan-uploads

documents• Submits plan between January 1 and

September 15 of year of certification is due for renewal

2.Nurse• Reviews completed plan• Approves certification renewal3.ONCC

Other Important Things to Know

ILNA replaces ONCPRO as an option

• Any recertification due in 2016 and thereafter

Retaking and passing the certification examination will remain an option

Those who do not take the assessment or retake the certification examination will need to earn 100 points in proportion to the test blueprint to renew

More- Important Things to Know

Must register online to take the assessment

• No fee

Must take the assessment within 24 hours of registration

• Two hours of uninterrupted time is required• Do not register until you have time to take the assessment• There is no exit and re-entry to the assessment

Assessment is timed and must be completed within two hours-when time is up the results will be final

More- Important Things to Know

The assessment cannot be taken on a mobile device

More- Important Things to Know

ONS and APHON have begun to code all educational offerings according to the test blueprints

• To assist nurses in selecting offerings to meet their identified learning needs

Contact the ONCC staff with questions about the process or whether educational offerings will fit the required content categories

• Toll free 877-769-6622• oncc@oncc.org• www.oncc.org

ONCC CONTACT INFORMATION

Toll free number 877-769-6622Email oncc@oncc.org

Website www.oncc.org

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