The National Certification Corporation (NCC) was established for the development, administration, and evaluation of a program for certification

Certification

Certification refers to the confirmation of certain characteristics of an object, person, or organization. This confirmation is often, but not always, provided by some form of external review, education, assessment, or audit...

 in obstetric

Obstetrical nursing

Obstetrical nursing, also called perinatal nursing, is a nursing specialty that works with patients who are attempting to become pregnant, are currently pregnant, or are recently delivered. Obstetrical nurses help provide prenatal care and testing, care of patients experiencing pregnancy...

, gynecologic, and neonatal

Neonatal nursing

Neonatal nursing is the provision of nursing care for newborn infants up to 28 days after birth. The term neonatal comes from neo, "new", and natal, "pertaining to birth or origin"...

 nursing specialties in the United States. Incorporated in 1975 and governed by a board of directors, NCC's certification program is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), the accreditation body of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence

Institute for Credentialing Excellence

Institute for Credentialing Excellence is one of the two main organizations that accredit personnel certifications or certificates. In November 2009 the ICE formally changed its name from the National Organization for Competency Assurance ....

. , NCC has awarded over 95,000 certifications and certificates of added qualification.

Core certification

• Registered Nurse Certified in Maternal Newborn Nursing (RNC-MNN)
  Registered Nurse Certified in Maternal Newborn Nursing
  Registered Nurse, Certified in Maternal Newborn Nursing is the designation for an obstetrical nurse who has earned nursing board certification from the National Certification Corporation in maternal/newborn nursing.-External links:*...
  
  
• Registered Nurse Certified in Neonatal Intensive Care‎‎ (RNC-NIC)
• Registered Nurse Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics (RNC-OB)
  Registered Nurse Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics
  Registered Nurse, Certified in Inpatient Obstetrics is the designation for an obstetrical nurse who has earned nursing board certification from the National Certification Corporation.-External links:*...
  
  
• Registered Nurse Certified in Low Risk Neonatal Nursing (RNC-LRN)
  Registered Nurse Certified in Low Risk Neonatal Nursing
  Registered Nurse, Certified in Low Risk Neonatal Nursing is the designation for a neonatal nurse who has earned nursing board certification from the National Certification Corporation in low risk neonatal nursing.-External links:*...
  
  

Nurse Practitioner certification

• Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner (WHNP-BC)
  Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner
  Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner is the designation for a women's health nurse practitioner who has earned nursing board certification from the National Certification Corporation.-External links:*...
  
  
• Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP-BC)
  Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
  Neonatal Nurse Practitioner is the designation for a neonatal nurse practitioner who has earned nursing board certification from the National Certification Corporation....
  
  

Certificates of added qualification

• Certified in Electronic Fetal Monitoring‎‎ (C-EFM)
• Certified in Neonatal Pediatric Transport (C-NPT)
  Certified in Neonatal Pediatric Transport
  Certified in Neonatal Pediatric Transport is the designation for an neonatal nurse, nurse practitioner, physician, respiratory therapists, paramedic, and physician assistant who has earned certification from the National Certification Corporation in neonatal and pediatric transport.-External...
  
  

External links

National Certification Corporation