Certification Renewal: What’s ILNA
and How Do I Get Started?
Cyndi Miller Murphy MSN RN CAE
Executive Director
Change is Good
After you've done a thing the same way for two years,
look it over carefully. After five years, look at it with
suspicion. And after ten years, throw it away and start
all over.
Alfred Edward Perlman (railroad engineer)
New York Times, 3 July 1958
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge
into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts (modern philosopher)
Based on
learning
needs related
to current
knowledge
ASSESSMENT
LEARNING NEEDS
INDIVIDUAL
Requirements
for
recertification
are
individualized
Identified
through the
certification
examination
or the
assessment
VALIDATE
FOCUS
REWARD
• Comprehensive
specialty
knowledge
• Specific
individual
learning needs
• Nurses who
maintain broad,
current
competencies
Pass
Certification
Examination
Track through
Individual
LearningBuilder
Plan
Review
Identified
Learning
Needs
Earn Targeted
Professional
Development
Renew
Certification
Track through
Individual
LearningBuilder
Plan
Earn Targeted
Professional
Development
Take Online
Assessment
Review
Identified
Learning
Needs
An Example
Renews using
ONCPRO 2015
Due to renew in
2019
Submits
recertification
through
Learningbuilder
between 1/1/19
and 12/31/19
Documents points
in Learningbuilder
Takes the
assessment after
renewal
complete and
before 12/31/18
Earns points after
assessment taken,
based on results
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
Demonstrate
evaluate
competence
Documentation
Develop a
personal plan
Implement a
personal plan
Citizen Advocacy Center. (2004). Maintaining and Improving Health Professional Competence:
The Citizen Advocacy Center Road Map to Continuing Competency Assurance. Washington D.C.: Author
Who should use ILNA?
• OCN®, CPHON®, CBCN®, BMTCN®,
AOCNS® and AOCNP® Certified
nurses due to renew certification in
2016 and beyond
– ONCPRO used through 2015
– Assessments not available to nurses
who hold AOCN® and CPON®
Certification
• These nurses continue to use ONC-PRO
forever
Process of Taking the Assessment
Nurse recertifies
Access to the
assessment via
email from
Pearson VUE
Nurse registers
and 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
Tutorial
• Self assessment
• Rate knowledge
based on test
blueprints
• 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 blueprint
Benchmarks for each content area
Meet benchmark = NO POINTS REQUIRED
Do not meet benchmark = POINTS REQUIRED
Based on
benchmark in
each content
area
Review for
content areas
and subcontent areas
www.oncc.org
ATTAIN POINTS
Report of
required
points
TEST BLUEPRINTS
REVIEW RESULTS
How to Use Results
ONCC website
includes
suggested
offerings
coded based
on blueprint
content areas
REVIEW RESULTS
I.
TEST
BLUEPRINT
Health Promotion, Screening, and Early Detection – 6% of test content
A.
B.
C.
D.
II.
Scientific Basis for Practice – 9% of test content
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
III.
Carcinogenesis
Immunology
Genetic risk factors
Research protocols
Clinical trials
Regarding specific cancer types:
1. pathophysiology
2. common metastatic sites
3. diagnostic measures
4. prognosis
5. classification
6. staging
7. histologic grading
Treatment Modalities – 16% of test content
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
IV.
Health promotion
Epidemiology (e.g., at-risk populations, occupations, age)
Prevention (e.g., high-risk behaviors, preventive health practices)
Screening and early detection
Surgery
Blood and marrow transplant
Radiation therapy
Chemotherapy
Targeted therapies
Biotherapy
Symptom Management – 22% of test content
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Etiology and patterns of symptoms (acute, chronic, late)
Toxicity and grading scales
Anatomical and surgical alterations
Pharmacologic interventions
Complementary and integrative modalities (e.g., massage, acupuncture, herbal
supplements)
Alterations in:
1. hematologic function
2. immune function
3. gastrointestinal function
4. genitourinary function
5. integumentary function
6. respiratory function
7. cardiovascular function
TEST
BLUEPRINT
II. Scientific Basis for Practice – 9%
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
OK Fine….I understand that I
need professional
development in “Scientific
Basis for Practice”… But, how
do I go about finding CNE in
that category?
Congress Website
www.congress.ons.org/education
Schedule search
Scientific Basis for Practice
11.5 hours CNE
2015 Congress Sessions
Scientific Basis for Practice
Session Title
Points
Pathology Interpretation Workshop-(preconference)
2.5
What the CTN Needs to Know about Submitting Results to clinicaltrials.gov
1.5
Incorporating cliniclatrails.gov into Patient Educations and Care
Coordination
1.5
Lung Cancer Tumor Panel
1.5
Bench to Bedside: Drug Resistance
1.5
Understanding the Immune System
1.5
Case Study Discuss on the Nurse’s Role in Caring for the Patient with
Hematologic Malignancies
1.5
OK Fine….I understand how
to find sessions at Congress…
But, what if I don’t get to
Congress? How do I go about
finding other CNE to meet
my learning needs?
New ONCC Website
www.oncc.org
www.oncc.org  Resource Center
www.oncc.org  Renew Certifications
Listing of CNE by Blueprint Categories (Scientific
Basis for Practice) by multiple providers on
www.oncc.org
Listing of CNE for Scientific Basis for
Practice on www.oncc.org- cont.
www.ons.org CNECourses and Articles
Search Results
CNE Offerings
Scientific Basis for Practice
Points
Session Title
Provider
Competence in Cancer Care-Scientific Basis for Practice
NOEP
1.47
Cervical Cancer-ASCO Tumor Boards
ASCO
1
Genetic Fundamentals
ONS
12
Fundamentals of BMT
ONS
3.5
A Solid foundation for Practice
Western Schools
2.4
Understanding Cancer
Western Schools
2
Prevention, Detection and Screening of Cancer
ONS
4.42
OCN® Certification Review Bundle
ILNA Results
Maximum possible points required = 100
Minimum required = 25
• Those who need fewer than 25, based on
assessment results, may earn the additional
points in any blueprint content category they
choose
ILNA Results
Minimum of 25 Required
Five Ways to Earn Points
Continuing
Nursing
Education
Continuing
Medical
Education
Professional
Publications
Academic
Education
Professional
Presentations
A New Way to Track
and
Submit Points for Recertification:
LEARNINGBUILDER
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
LEARNINGBUILDER 1-2-3
1.ONCC
• Imports assessment results to individual plan
• Provides access to plan
2.Nurse
• Attains professional development
• Enters points into plan-uploads documents
• Submits plan between January 1 and September
15 of year of certification expiration
3.ONCC
• Reviews completed plan
• Approves certification renewal
Access your Learning Plan through
www.oncc.org
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
More- Important Things to Know
Must take the assessment prior to earning points
• No exceptions
Must take the assessment within 24 hours of registration
• No fee
• Two hours of uninterrupted time is required
• Do not register until you have time to take 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
Contact the ONCC staff with questions about
the process or whether educational offerings
will fit the required content categories
• Here at the Certification Oasis
• Toll free 877-769-6622
• oncc@oncc.org
• www.oncc.org