AAPACN DIRECTOR OF NURSING SERVICES-CERTIFIED (DNS-CT) CERTIFICATION WORKSHOP

OVERVIEW

Take your leadership and management talents to the next level with a preparatory workshop for AAPACN’s Director of Nursing Services—Certified (DNS-CT®) certification. Earning this credential validates your expertise, gives you the advantage among your peers, and helps you improve quality, communication, and resident care throughout your facility.

This workshop covers the following content:

• Leadership and Management
• Risk Management
• Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement
• Human Resource Management
• Survey Readiness 24/7/365
• Survey Management and Enforcement
• Compliance and Ethics Essentials
• Essential Business Skills
• MDS and Medicare Process Essentials
• Care Management and Surveillance Systems

COURSE COMPLETION

Your workshop registration includes access to the 10 DNS-CT certification exams. To earn the credential, you must be an RN and pass the final exams with a score of 80% or higher. You will have one year from the date of the workshop before your exams expire.

CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS

CE’s: The DNS-CT certification workshop is approved for 22.5 CEs

DATE

October 14 – 15, 2025 & October 20 – 21, 2025

TIME

9:00 am – 3:30 pm 

LOCATION

Online.

FACULTY

Amy Franklin

FEES

AAPACN DNS-CT Certification Workshop

Member Rate: $843 per person
Non-members Rate: $1,061 per person
AAPACN Membership + Workshop: $1,011 per person

CANCELLATION POLICY

The Parties are not responsible for any fees incurred due to cancellations or postponements. Participant cancellations must be submitted in writing via email to workshops@AAPACN.org. Participants who are unable to attend may send a substitute in their place. Cancellations received more than thirty (30) business days prior to the start date of the workshop will receive a full refund. Cancellations received fourteen to thirty (14-30) business days prior to the start date of the workshop will receive a full refund, minus a two-hundred-and fifty-dollar ($250.00) processing fee, of which two-hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225.00) is paid to Training Partner and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) is paid to Association. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received thirteen (13) business days or less prior to the start date of the Training Workshop except for emergencies or a visit from state surveyors. State surveyors must be present in the Participant’s building in order for the Participant to receive a refund. Neither Party shall issue a refund for any Participant’s withdrawal due to weather unless the Training Workshop is cancelled.