Certification: Certified Aesthetic Nurse Specialist (CANS)
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Be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the United States, its territories or Canada, holding a current full and unrestricted license.
Have spent at least 1,000 practice hours within the core specialties during the last two (2) years.
Have a minimum of two (2) years of nursing experience as a registered nurse within the four Core Specialties in collaboration or in a practice with a physician that is board Certified within a core specialty or a Nurse Practitioner who is CANS certified and whose certification is in good standing. Experience can be in a general staff, administrative, teaching, or research capacity within three (3) years prior to application, depending on state practice requirements.
Be currently working in collaboration or in a practice with a physician that is Board Certified within one of the following specialties: Plastic/Aesthetic Surgery, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, or Facial Plastic Surgery (ENT) or a Nurse Practitioner who is CANS certified.
Have your collaborating core physician or Nurse Practitioner who is CANS certified, who holds a current full and unrestricted license, provide a letter of recommendation
Have spent at least 1,000 practice hours within the core specialties during the last two (2) years.
Have a minimum of two (2) years of nursing experience as a registered nurse within the four Core Specialties in collaboration or in a practice with a physician that is board Certified within a core specialty or a Nurse Practitioner who is CANS certified and whose certification is in good standing. Experience can be in a general staff, administrative, teaching, or research capacity within three (3) years prior to application, depending on state practice requirements.
Be currently working in collaboration or in a practice with a physician that is Board Certified within one of the following specialties: Plastic/Aesthetic Surgery, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, or Facial Plastic Surgery (ENT) or a Nurse Practitioner who is CANS certified.
Have your collaborating core physician or Nurse Practitioner who is CANS certified, who holds a current full and unrestricted license, provide a letter of recommendation
- More than two years of education or training after high school required?
- Yes
- More than two years of work experience required?
- Yes
- Oral or Written Exam Required?
- Yes
- Renewal Required?
- Every 3 Year(s)
- Renew through Continuing Educational Units(CEU)?
- No
- Renew through Re-Examination?
- Yes
- Renew through Continuing Professional Development(CPD)?
- No
- Does applicant have choice of at least two options from above for renewal (CEU, CPD, or exam)?
- No
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Specialty
The certification corresponds to a specialty within a recognized occupation. For example, Oncology Nurse and Pediatric Nurse are specialties within the nursing field, so Certified Oncology Nurse and Certified Pediatric Nurse would be classified as specialty certifications.