Success Pays®
Get and keep more clinicians certified with no financial risk! ANCC Certification Easy as 1-2-3
Get and keep more clinicians certified with no financial risk! ANCC Certification Easy as 1-2-3
The Success Pays® program helps organizations assist nurses in achieving certification while eliminating test taking anxiety and financial barriers, building an overall stronger nursing team to support positive patient outcomes.
Whether quantitative in terms of money saved in recruitment and turnover or qualitative as nurses gain new patient care competencies, supporting nursing professional development helps your organization have a competitive edge and supports the bottom line.
For health care organizations seeking ANCC Magnet Recognition® or Pathway to Excellence® designation, certification helps meet the empirical outcomes standard (SE3 and SE4EO) for Magnet and the Element of Performance 6.6 for Pathway to Excellence. Certification supports the ANCC program standards of transformational leadership, structural empowerment, a positive practice environment, and professional development.
Download the Success Pays Guide below to learn how certification can bring value to your nursing staff and organization. Inside are benefits and support resources including:
Success Pays is a way to assist healthcare professionals in achieving certification while eliminating test-taking anxiety and financial barriers. Clinicians are given two opportunities to test for a certification specialty and your healthcare organization only pays for those who pass. To learn more about this program, watch the below ANCC Success Pays Webinar presentation:
Applicants must first meet eligibility requirements and then can apply for any of the following certifications. This includes certification by exam, certification renewal, and the retired certified nurse recognition program.
The mission of American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a subsidiary of American Nurses Association (ANA), is to promote excellence in healthcare globally through credentialing programs.
ANCC is the only nurse credentialing organization to achieve International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) 9001:2015
ANCC exams are developed and maintained at ANCC headquarters by volunteer subject matter experts.
Expedite review is available for a $200 fee.
Certification is a process, often voluntary, by which a nongovernmental agency or association grants a time-limited recognition and use of a credential to individuals who have demonstrated the knowledge and skills and have met predetermined and standardized criteria required in the profession/role. Its purpose is to assure various publics that an individual has mastered a body of knowledge and acquired skills in a particular specialty. ANCC certification Meets and exceed nationally recognized standards of proficiency and professionalism, and represents:
A unique discount code specific to your organization is assigned once an agreement is approved and made effective. When registering for the exam, applicants will use this code to associate their initial certification application with the designated Success Pays account. Clinicians will need to: