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Certification UPDATE Summer 07Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology 1
Keeping BONENT Members Informed
Spring 09
Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology
New “Members Only” Section Added to the BONENT Website BONENT has expanded its website to make membership service quicker, easier and more convenient!
As of September 1st, you will be able to pay your Annual Certifi-cation fees and change your contact information online. BONENT has added a secure Members Only section to its website, www.BONENT.org.
To access your information, you must log into the Members Only section of the BONENT website and enter your BONENT ID number and Social Security number. Once you’ve logged in, you will be able to view or change your information that’s currently on the BONENT database.
Pay Annual Certification FeesThe BONENT Executive Office will continue to mail Annual Certification Fee invoices each year. However, now you can check how much you owe at any time and pay your fees.
Members who do not want to pay their fees online will still have the option of faxing payment information or mailing their payment to the BONENT Executive Office.
Update Your Personal InformationLogging into the Members Only section will also allow you to update your mailing address, phone numbers and email address to keep your information current.
You may also continue to update your contact information by fax-ing/mailing the Address Update form or emailing your changes to the BONENT Executive Office.
If you legally change your name and want BONENT to list your new name in our database, you will have to mail a written request along with official court documentation (i.e. marriage certificate or name change application) to the BONENT Executive Office.
RecertificationYou will be able to pay your Annual Certification Fees online. But, you will not be able to recertify online. To recertify, you must mail the Recertification Application to the BONENT Executive Office.
Employers Can Verify Your BONENT CertificationPotential/current employers will now be able to verify your BONENT certification by logging in to view your certification information. They will not have access to make any changes to your information. Employers will need to enter your BONENT ID number to receive verification of your BONENT certification.
Order your Pin too!The BONENT lapel pin will also be available for purchase online.
Have a look below at how our website will look as of September 1st.
Member’s Only login. My Profile page to update your contact information. Certification Pin Order Form.
Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology
The BONENT Certification UPDATE is published quarterly by:
Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing & Technology
1901 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 607
Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202-462-1252
Fax: 202-463-1257 Web: www.bonent.org
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President RJ Picciano, BA, CHT, OCDT
Stow, OH [email protected]
Vice President & Update Editor Carol Johnson, RNC, MSN, CS, FNP
Jamaica, NY [email protected]
Secretary/Treasurer Paulette C. Sheeley, RN, BSN, CNN
Rock Creek, OH [email protected]
Directors Susan Critchfield, CHT
Rosamond, CA [email protected]
Zelma Griffin, BS, CHT South Holland, IL
Dennis Schell, CHT, OCDT Maumee, OH
Lyle Smith, BSN, CNN, CPDN Umatilla, OR
EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Executive Director Peter Anas
Phone: 202.462.1252, ext. #20 [email protected]
Membership Director Laikisha Jeffries
Phone: 202.462.1252, ext. #15 [email protected]
Certification UPDATE Spring 092
FROM THE PRESIDENT
A Busy Year for Everyone!I hope everyone is having an enjoyable summer. It’s a great time to spend time with friends and family. I hope it is not too oppressively hot where you are.
This has been the most active year in the 35 year history of BONENT. Since the passage of the new Medicare regulations that, among other things, require that all current patient care technologists be nationally certified by April 2010 and that all newly trained patient care technologists be nationally certified within 18 months of starting in dialysis, things have been busy.
Only BONENT Has CBT Exams!Starting in October 2008, the BONENT exam became the only national certification exam that was available by computer based testing (CBT). CBT allows candidates to take the BONENT exam at any of hundreds of testing centers throughout the country and internationally. On the BONENT website (www.BONENT.org), there are instructions on how to apply to take a BONENT exam by CBT and a link to the list of available testing centers. The testing company that BONENT uses for our exams is adding new testing centers almost daily. So, if there is not a CBT center near you, let us know and hopefully there will be soon.
There are also a record number of pencil/paper exam (PPE) sites being set up. The BONENT website has a frequently updated list of sites as they are approved.
Nursing Exam Length & Time Reduced In order to make the switch to include the option of CBT, the certified hemodialysis nurse (CHN) exam has been shortened to 150 questions and 3 hours to match the other 2 BONENT exams. This will not impact the quality of the CHN exam.
If you or your dialysis clinic needs to schedule an exam site, the host form application can be printed from the BONENT website. We require that at least 5 candidates sign up for the paper/pencil exam or the site and/or date will need to be rescheduled.
We Need You to Join a CommitteeBONENT is always in need of help from certified members. Most of our committees could use more members that have even 1 or 2 hours per month to help get the work of BONENT done. We are presently looking for individuals interested in writing new questions for any of the BONENT exams. We need members to help staff the BONENT booth at regional and national conventions. We are expanding our roster of regional representatives. To qualify you need to be a certified BONENT member in good standing, be willing to host 2-3 exams per year and promote BONENT in your area. If you are interested, contact the committee chair for which ever committee you want to join. They are all listed on the BONENT website.
In closing, BONENT is a volunteer non-profit organization that is only as strong as its membership. We need as many certified members as possible actively involved in the work of BONENT, especially over the next 12 months while we get all PCT’s certified. Remember it takes the support of the membership to keep BONENT as the premier certifying organiza-tion in Nephrology. Thanks for being part of this great organization.
RJ PiccianoPresident
The states below require BONENT Regional Representatives.
Are you interested in becoming a Regional Representative? Visit www.BONENT.org for qualification and responsibilities. Contact BONENT Executive Director Peter Anas at 202-462-1252 or via email at [email protected]
Armani Rashad, CHT New York, NY
Welcome Our New Regional Representative
Certification UPDATE Spring 09Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology 3
BOARD MEMBER PROFILE INTERVIEW
How long have you been the BONENT Executive Director? I took over as Executive Director in February 2006, the same time that the BONENT office moved to Washington DC.
Do you have a background in dialysis? My background is in association management and marketing. I have been Executive Director of four other healthcare associations. I have had a long career providing expertise in advertising, mar-keting and publishing to many companies and association clients.
How many staff do you oversee? There are five other people who work on BONENT activities – three involved in membership, certification and recertification, one in accounting and one designer for the web site and marketing materials.
What are your main responsibilities? My main task is to ensure that the BONENT Executive Office and
related activities run smoothly. This includes setting up exams (around the world), processing applications, testing and mailing membership packets to newly certified members.
Just as important as the process above, is ensuring that all staff provide a friendly, service atmosphere when BONENT members and exam applicants contact our office. I am also the main contact from the office with the Board of Directors. They meet twice a year and discuss many operational issues. It is my role to see that any new measures adopted by the board are implemented efficiently into the daily office procedures.
What are the most important changes at BONENT in your tenure? Looking back over my three and a half years, I am very proud of turning the BONENT web site into one that provides all the information for the exam process and recertification. And, watch this summer for new web features allowing online fee payment and personal data updates (see page 1 article).
We also enhanced the BONENT image with improved marketing materials – brochure, flyers, candidate handbook and newsletter. In October 2008, we implemented Computer Based Testing (CBT), which has been extremely popular with our applicants.
Peter Anas BONENT Executive Director
MEMBER INTERVIEW
How Has BONENT Certification Helped You Professionally?Natasha Hair, CHT Cleveland, OH The BONENT website is nice and full of lots of information in the dialysis world.
Rick Glendon, CHT Redwood City, CA My BONENT certification helps me understand my patients’ needs.
Dexter Olive, CHT Brooklyn, NY Having my BONENT certification has helped me climb the ladder of promotion at my job. The patients have more respect for me now that I am certified.
Jennifer Denniston-Lee, CHT, Fort Lee, NJ Being BONENT-certified helps me educate my patients.
Marion Cole, CHT Melbourne, FL With BONENT certification, I’ve gained valuable knowl-edge to help me on the job.
Blu Roshto, CHT Eugene, OR Being BONENT-certified helps improve my professional image.
$500 awarded annually to as many as four BONENT members in good standing.Wesley Watkins
Scholarship
Send Us Your Essay for the
Deadline for submission: September 30, 2009
2008-09 Essay Topic:“What is the impact of your country’s government regulations on patient education and safety in your facility?”
See www.BONENT.org for:• Submission & Selection Criteria • 2008 Winning Essays
2009 BONENT CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS
See the BONENT Web Site: www.BONENT.org to discover quick tips and reminders about our:• Certification Application • Membership • Exam Transfers & Withdrawals • Exam Scores • Recertification • Refunds...& Much More!
Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing & Technology 1901 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 607 Washington, DC, 20006
Spring 09
Paper & Pencil Exam Schedule*Schedule is subject to change. The Paper & Pencil Exam (PPE) schedule below is updated weekly.The PPE schedule below is a completely different list than the Computer-Based Testing (CBT) list.
Computer Based Testing LocationsThe CBT list of locations is updated weekly. Please check www.BONENT.org for updates to the list. The CBT list of locations is completely different from the Paper & Pencil Exam (PPE) schedule above.
For more information, please visit our website at www.bonent.org to download a Candidate Handbook, an Application, or Host Forms.
Exam Dates
LocationApp.
DeadlineExam Dates
LocationApp.
Deadline
Sep. 6 Mountlake Terrace, WA - Puget Sound Kidney Center, South 07/23/09 Oct. 17 Kennewick, WA - Columbia Basin Dialysis 09/02/09
Sep. 12 San Antonio, TX - Davita Eagle Division Office 07/29/09 Oct. 18 Indianapolis, IN - DCI - Indianapolis 09/03/09
Sep. 13 Reno, NV - Renown Medical Center 07/30/09 Oct. 18 New Orleans, LA - Davita Regional Office 09/03/09
Sep. 13 Detroit, MI - One Ford Place 07/30/09 Oct. 18 Smithtown, NY - St. Catherine Siena Medical Center 09/03/09
Sep. 13 Toledo, OH - University of Toledo Medical Center 07/30/09 Oct. 20 Moline, IL - Quad Cities Kidney Center 09/05/09
Sep. 13 Atlanta, GA - Grady Health Systems 07/30/09 Oct. 24 Auckland, New Zealand - Auckland City Hospital 07/25/09
Sep. 17 Eau Claire, WI - Chippewa Valley Tech. College - Health Ed. Ctr. 08/03/09 Nov. 1 York, PA - Dialysis Center of York, Wellspan Dialysis 09/17/09
Sep. 20 Indianapolis, IN - DCI - Indianapolis 08/06/09 Nov. 8 Cleveland, OH - CDC - East 09/24/09
Sep. 20 Atlanta, GA - Dialysis Clinic Inc. - Northside 08/06/09 Nov. 8 Chicago, IL - University of Chicago Medical Center 09/24/09
Sep. 20 New York, NY - TCC HCC 08/06/09 Nov. 15 Indianapolis, IN - DCI - Indianapolis 10/01/09
Sep. 20 Louisville, KY - U of L Kidney Disease Program 08/06/09 Nov. 15 Mountlake Terrace, WA - Puget Sound Kidney Center, South 10/01/09
Sep. 22 Greenville, SC - Bernadine Center 08/08/09 Nov. 15 Ridgewood, NJ - Valley Hospital 10/01/09
Sep. 27 Chicago, IL - University of Chicago Medical Center 08/13/09 Nov. 15 New York, NY - TCC HCC 10/01/09
Sep. 27 Elmhurst, IL - PRS, LLC Corporate 08/13/09 Nov. 17 Eau Claire, WI - Chippewa Valley Tech. College - Health Ed. Ctr. 10/03/09
Sep. 27 Hackensack, NJ - Hackensack Medical Center 08/13/09 Nov. 29 Louisville, KY - U of L Kidney Disease Program 10/15/09
Sep. 27 Dallas, TX - Davita Downtown Dallas 08/13/09 Dec. 6 Canton, OH - Community Dialysis Units 10/22/09
Oct. 4 East Chicago, IN - St. Catherines Hospital Professional Bldg. 08/20/09 Dec. 6 Detroit, MI - One Ford Place 10/22/09
Oct. 4 Suffern, NY - Good Samaritan Hospital 08/20/09 Dec. 6 Atlanta, GA - Grady Health Systems 10/22/09
Oct. 8 Charleston, WV - Charleston Area Medical Ctr. - General Division 08/24/09 Dec. 13 Indianapolis, IN - DCI - Indianapolis 10/29/09
Oct. 11 Warren, OH - Center for Dialysis Care of Warren 08/27/09 Note: Exam list is updated weekly.
