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TheCertified Perioperative Nurse (CNOR) credential is the only accredited certification for perioperative registered nurses. Earning the CNOR is a mark of distinction and demonstrates a commitment to upholding the highest standards in patient safety.

The Certified Surgical Services Manager (CSSM) certification is the only perioperative management credential. CSSM serves perioperative managers, directors, and nurses who oversee personnel, a budget, business unit, or service line.

The Certified Ambulatory Surgery Nurse (CNAMB) certification is designed for perioperative nurses working in the ambulatory surgery setting who are seeking to improve and validate their professional competencies.

CCI is a non-profit credentialing body dedicated to perioperative nursing.

Our mission is to improve patient outcomes through nursing competency

assessment and lifelong professional development.

For all applicant and certificant inquiries, please submit a Contact Us Form. To protect the privacy of our applicants and certificants, CCI can only provide customer support through the Contact Us Form.

Visit us at the OR Manager Conference, October 28-30, 2024, in Las Vegas, NV, which attracts more than 1,400 perioperative leaders, OR directors, managers, OR business managers, and other decision-makers involved in the management of the surgical suite. The OR Manager Conference includes tracks for OR business managers, ambulatory surgery center managers, new OR managers, and has a dedicated Masters track for those OR leaders with 10+ years of experience.

Join us for our Perioperative Services Preceptor Certificate of Mastery (PSP-COM) live/virtual course on November 10, 2024, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm MT. Our one-day virtual course will provide you with guidance and tools to develop your skills and be successful as a preceptor at your facility. Earning the Perioperative Services Preceptor Certificate of Mastery will give you a full understanding of the value, key concepts, and strategies for success for individuals in a preceptor role in perioperative services.

CCI is a tremendous organization to work with as a credentialed nurse and also as a volunteer. A great way to earn points toward recertification but also a tremendous opportunity as a professional! I was able to work on the development of a new certification and was so grateful for the opportunity.

Learning should be measured by what you can do: the knowledge, skills, and behaviors that lay the foundation for success. C-BEN guides our networks of leaders towards quality competency-based models for education, hiring, and training, so everyone can grow the competencies they need for career-readiness and lifelong learning.

Competency-based education is an approach to learning that emphasizes what people can do, not the amount of time they spend in a classroom. CBE is already transforming the learner experience and helping people from all backgrounds thrive in the workforce.

CLAS are services that are respectful of and responsive to the health beliefs, practices, and needs of diverse patients. CLAS is a way to improve the quality of services provided to all individuals, which will ultimately help reduce health disparities and achieve health equity.

OMH developed the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health Care, also known as the National CLAS Standards, to advance health equity, improve quality of services, and help eliminate disparities.

The National CLAS Standards are a comprehensive set of 15 action steps that provide a blueprint for individuals and health and health care organizations to provide CLAS. To learn more about the National CLAS Standards, visit this webpage, which also offers a National CLAS Standards Implementation Checklist.

This Behavioral Health Implementation Guide underscores the ways in which the National CLAS Standards can improve access to behavioral health care, promote quality behavioral health programs and practices, and ultimately reduce persistent disparities in mental health and substance use treatment for underserved minority communities.

Think Cultural Health is an OMH initiative that provides health and health care professionals with information, continuing education opportunities, and resources to learn about and implement CLAS and the National CLAS Standards.

Through the Think Cultural Health website, OMH offers free, accredited online educational programs tailored for a variety of health care professionals, including physicians; nurses; oral health, maternal health, and behavioral health providers; disaster and emergency management personnel; and community health workers/promotores(as) de salud. Each e-learning program is designed to build knowledge, skills, and awareness of cultural and linguistic competency and CLAS as a way to improve quality of care.

The mission of the Office of Minority Health is to improve the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will help eliminate health disparities.

Table of Contents Title 16.1. Courts Not of Record Chapter 11. Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts Chapter 11. Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Courts Article 18. Juvenile Competency

A. If, at any time after the attorney for the juvenile has been retained or appointed pursuant to a delinquency proceeding and before the end of trial, the court finds, sua sponte or upon hearing evidence or representations of counsel for the juvenile or the attorney for the Commonwealth, that there is probable cause to believe that the juvenile lacks substantial capacity to understand the proceedings against him or to assist his attorney in his own defense, the court shall order that a competency evaluation be performed by at least one psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, licensed professional counselor, licensed clinical social worker, or licensed marriage and family therapist, who is qualified by training and experience in the forensic evaluation of juveniles.

The Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services shall approve the training and qualifications for individuals authorized to conduct juvenile competency evaluations and provide restoration services to juveniles pursuant to this article. The Commissioner shall also provide all juvenile courts with a list of guidelines for the court to use in the determination of qualifying individuals as experts in matters relating to juvenile competency and restoration.

B. The evaluation shall be performed on an outpatient basis at a community services board or behavioral health authority, juvenile detention home, or juvenile justice facility unless the court specifically finds that (i) the results of the outpatient competency evaluation indicate that hospitalization of the juvenile for evaluation of competency is necessary or (ii) the juvenile is currently hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital. If one of these findings is made, the court, under authority of this subsection, may order the juvenile sent to a hospital designated by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services as appropriate for the evaluation of juveniles against whom a delinquency petition has been filed.

C. The court shall require the attorney for the Commonwealth to provide to the evaluators appointed under subsection A any information relevant to the evaluation, including, but not limited to (i) a copy of the warrant or petition; (ii) the names and addresses of the attorney for the Commonwealth, the attorney for the juvenile, and the judge ordering the evaluation; and (iii) information about the alleged offense. The court shall require the attorney for the juvenile to provide to the evaluator only the psychiatric records and other information that is deemed relevant to the evaluation of competency. The moving party shall provide the evaluator a summary of the reasons for the evaluation request. All information required by this subsection shall be provided to the evaluator within 96 hours of the issuance of the court order requiring the evaluation and when applicable, shall be submitted prior to admission to the facility providing the inpatient evaluation. If the 96-hour period expires on a Saturday, Sunday, or other legal holiday, the 96 hours shall be extended to the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. The appointed evaluator or the director of the community services board, behavioral health authority, or hospital shall acknowledge receipt of the court order to the clerk of the court on a form developed by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia as soon as practicable but no later than the close of business on the next business day following receipt of the court order. If the appointed evaluator or the director of the community services board, behavioral health authority, hospital, or private evaluator is unable to conduct the evaluation, he shall inform the court on the acknowledgement form.

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