Assisted Living Nurse Specialty Certification

Assisted Living Certification is Available Now!

If you have not signed up for the testing you can do so now by clicking below, complete the online application to sign up for the Exam.

American Assisted Living Nurses Association is pleased to announce the arrival of our Assisted Living Nurse Specialty Certification. We have teamed up with one of the top assisted living education providers in the state of California to bring the certification exam to you.

This exam is a certification exam that tests knowledge of care of the older adult in Assisted Living Facilities. While clinical work and experience is important to an understanding of this type of care we strongly recommend that nurses review the following resources prior to taking this examination:

Please see the following preparation documents. Note, these documents are in
Adobe PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader version 7 or high to open.

AALNA AL Exam Competencies.

How to Become a Certified Assisted Living Nurse.

Study Guide - Suggested Books: Assisted Living Nurse Certification Exam.

Scope and Standards of Assisted Living Nurse Practice

Item distribution in Certification Exam:

• Primary Care Considerations: can include questions about older adult population (demographics), normal aging, health promotion, environmental issues (e.g., safety), culture & ethnicity, spirituality, autonomy, sexuality, pharmacological considerations, culture and ethnicity.
• Major Health Problems: can include questions regarding knowledge of physiological systems and psychosocial assessment.
• Organizational & health Policy: can include questions about LTC continuum, federal statutes and regulations, reimbursement, case management.
• Professional Issues: can includes questions about scope and standards of practice, leadership and management, legal, ethical and research issues.

The exam has been revised pursuant to feedback and analysis. The current version is v1.3, published 3/31/2008

To sign up for the Assisted Living Nurse Specialty Certification, please click on one of the following links.

Online Application | Printable Application

What you can expect after you submit your application.
Application Processing:	Application processing can take up to seven (7) days to complete, but is usually much faster. If for some reason your application is denied you will be notified.
Login Account Creation:	Once your application is approved, it will take up to two (2) business day to create your login account. Your specific login information (User Name and Password) will be the same information that you specify on your application form.
Email Notification:	After your Exam Account has been created you will receive an email with instructions on how to access the Exam. Once you receive this notification you are free to take the exam when you have time.
Taking the Exam:	We estimate that the exam will take about 2 hours to complete. You will want to ensure that you have at least that much time to dedicate to taking the exam because once you start it, you must complete it. Pass or Fail, it must be completed. At this point in time, you are allowed as many attempts to pass the exam as you need, so if you don't pass on the first attempt, you can take the exam again.
Passed the Exam:	Once the exam has been passed, we will verify your passing status. Once verified, you will receive your Assisted Living Nurse Certification certificate in the mail within 14 days.

Renewal Information:

Certifications are good for 4 years. To renew your certificate you will need to obtain 20 hours of continuing education specific to Assisted Living Nursing from any NAB or ANCC approved provider.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Call us at (707) 253-7299 if you have any questions!