American Board of Certification for Gastroenterology Nurses

What's Your Path to Certification?

Professionals at all stages of their career, with varying levels of experience in the gastroenterology practice, from all practice settings, pursue and achieve CGRN certification. Forge your own path to achieve similar success.

Why Certify?

The rules are changing.

In these days of health care reform and cost containment, cross training, consumer education and self-determination, and managed care, it isn't enough just to be a good nurse. To be competitive, you've got to keep up. Keeping up with modern nursing means getting certified.

Certification can help you:

• Expand your role in providing patient services
• Advance in your career
• Improve patient care and
• Find greater satisfaction with your job

All indications are that health care reform and cost containment will mandate more direct patient care by nurse specialists. In the near future, nurse specialists may qualify to perform diagnostic procedures, practice independently, provide care reimbursed by third-party payers and manage and follow up on patients. Hospitals and clinics will seek out nurse specialists in order to attract provider contracts. How will nurse specialists be identified? They will be certified nurses.

Why?

• Certification validates your qualifications and your advanced competence.
• Certification demonstrates your professional aspirations and your desire to improve the quality of patient care and delivery of services.
• Certification rewards your continuing efforts to improve your knowledge and skills in your profession.
• Certification reflects your commitment in time, effort and expense to gastroenterology nursing.
• Certification assures professional recognition from your peers and colleagues.

Certification is a voluntary process of validating knowledge, skills and abilities beyond the scope of RN licensure. Nursing certification has benefits for patients and families, employers, and nurses. The body of research relating to certified practice is also growing, quantifying the outcomes of certified nursing practice. 

Deadline for Online Certification Applications:

Spring Exam:

Application Window: January 1 - February 28 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Testing Window: May 1 - May 31, candidates will select the time and location through the Prometric website.

Scheduling: Once the application window has closed, candidates can expect to receive their scheduling information by mid-March. For exact dates, please reference your application.

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Fall Exam:

Application Window: June 1 - July 31 at 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time

Testing Window: October 1 - October 31, candidates will select their time and location through the Prometric website.

Scheduling: Once the application window has closed, candidates can expect to receive their scheduling information by mid-August. For exact dates, please reference your application.

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Application Fees:

SGNA Member	$ 430
Non-SGNA Member	$ 520

*CGRN Exam fees are non-refundable after the application window closes, no exceptions will be made.

For more information, visit:

https://www.abcgn.org/