Wednesday, May 09, 2012 Free Item Writing Webinar Now Available A webinar hosted by Robert Shaw, PhD, RRT, FAARC that details the basics of writing examination questions, is available to view in the document library. Wednesday, May 09, 2012 Applications Now Being Accepted for New ACCS Specialty Examination Online and paper applications are now being accepted for the new Adult Critical Care Specialty Examination that is set to launch July 17, 2012! Prior to final scoring of the credentialing examination for Adult Critical Care Specialists, the examination items and resulting statistics will be reviewed to ensure that examination scores are accurate. Until this information is finalized, pass/fail status will not be reported to candidates at the time of examination.
As incentive for candidates to register and attempt the examination so the scoring process may be completed in a timely manner, the NBRC is offering a free ACCS Self-Assessment Examination (SAE) to candidates who schedule and attempt the ACCS Examination before September 1, 2012. Wednesday, February 15, 2012 Changes to the credentialing system coming by 2015! As a result of extensive, ongoing internal research the NBRC conducts regarding testing and measurement, the Board of Trustees voted at its December 2011 meeting to evaluate implementing significant changes to the respiratory therapy credentialing system beginning in 2015. These changes are coincidental with, and not in response to information arising from the Respiratory Care 2015 and Beyond process. To date, none of the recommendations from the third conference relative to credentialing have been acted upon by the AARC Board of Directors. Changes will include a single multiple choice examination with separate passing points for the CRT credential and eligibility for the Clinical Simulation Examination which will include a larger number of shorter simulation problems. Details regarding these significant changes will be announced during the Jimmy Young Memorial Lecture at the AARC Summer Forum in Santa Fe, New Mexico on July 15, 2012. Wednesday, August 31, 2011 NBRC’s Sleep Disorders Specialty Examination Recognized as Equivalent by AASM The NBRC recently submitted a letter to AASM to officially recognize the NBRC’s Sleep Disorders Specialty Examination in its Standards for Accreditation for Sleep Disorders Centers. The CRT-SDS and RRT-SDS credentials are recognized in the AASM’s Standards for Accreditation of Out of Center Sleep Testing (OCST) in Adult Patients. Standard B-8 of the OCST standards did not specify credentials for “Technical Personnel;” however, standard B-9, “Scoring Personnel,” does reference respiratory therapists who hold the NBRC’s specialty credential.
Specifically, the letter requested that the AASM modify the language of Standards B-7 and B-8 of the general accreditation standards to recognize respiratory therapists who have earned the CRT-SDS and/or RRT-SDS credentials as qualified to supervise a sleep testing center in an accredited facility.
We are happy to report a response has been received from the AASM and their Board of Directors approved our request to modify the language of the AASM Standards for Accreditation to recognize respiratory therapists who have earned the CRT-SDS and/or RRT-SDS credentials. Specifically, Standard B-8 will be revised to indicate that the NBRC’s Sleep Disorders Specialty Examination is an equivalent examination accepted by the AASM.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Important Announcement Regarding New CPR Standards! Effective August 1, 2011, all NBRC examination questions containing content regarding CPR will reflect the new American Heart Association CPR standards that were issued in early 2011. For more information on the new standards, please visit the AHA website at www.heart.org.
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