{"id":205391,"date":"2023-10-23T10:41:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T15:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/?page_id=205391"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:14:16","slug":"ncc-certification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/ncc-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, thousands of students graduate from nursing school with a certification that allows them to pursue the nursing career of their dreams. Usually, the first step toward these dreams is a nursing certification exam.<\/p>\n<p>The National Certification Corporation (NCC) is a nonprofit organization that provides certification and credentialing exams in various specialties, primarily in the field of women&#8217;s health and neonatal nursing. To help you prepare for your NCC certification exam, check out the free practice tests and other resources below.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"pt-page\"><span id=\"NCC_Certification_Practice_Tests\" class=\"m-toc-anchor\"><\/span>NCC Certification Practice Tests<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"yellow_buttons\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/inpatient-obstetric-nurse-practice-test\/\">Inpatient Obstetric Nursing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/low-risk-neonatal-nurse-exam\/\">Low Risk Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/maternal-newborn-nursing-practice-test\/\">Maternal Newborn Nursing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/neonatal-intensive-care-nurse-exam\/\">Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/neonatal-nurse-practitioner-exam\/\">Neonatal Nurse Practitioner<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"pt-page\"><span id=\"NCC_Certification_Renewal\" class=\"m-toc-anchor\"><\/span>NCC Certification Renewal<\/h2>\n<p>To maintain your NCC certification, you will need to go through the renewal process every three years. This process generally includes completing a certain number of continuing education (CE) hours, verifying clinical practice hours, and meeting other specific criteria outlined by NCC. The exact details of the renewal process differ depending on you certification.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sg-box\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sg-box-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"sg-box-title\">Check Out Mometrix's NCC Certification Study Guide<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Get practice questions, video tutorials, and detailed study lessons<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"sg-box-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/studyguides\/ncc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Your Study Guide<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/studyguides\/ncc\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"184\" height=\"238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image_2023-10-23_104633394.png\" alt=\" Study Guide\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"pt-page\"><span id=\"NCC_Certification_Verification\" class=\"m-toc-anchor\"><\/span>NCC Certification Verification<\/h2>\n<p>Verifying your NCC certification is a standard practice that helps prevent certification fraud and is often a requirement for maintaining legal compliance.<\/p>\n<p>To verify your certification, you will need to visit the NCC website and request verification for each certification you have. There are different fees associated with different levels of access to your verification information:<\/p>\n<table class=\"ATable\" style=\"margin: auto;width: 50%;box-shadow: 1.5px 1.5px 3px grey\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Access<\/th>\n<th>Fee<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">Look up only<\/td>\n<td>$10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">Look up and download<\/td>\n<td>$20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left\">Look up and email to a third party<\/td>\n<td>$30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIf you have an NCC account, you will find receipts for your most recent verification requests in your online profile.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" class=\"author-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"author-image\" height=\"127\" width=\"127\" alt=\"Headshot of Kate Nockunas.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/tinywow_tinywow_Kate-Nockunas-Cropped-min_24640345_24640389.webp\"><div class=\"author-text\"><p class=\"author-name\">By <span itemprop=\"name\">Kate Nockunas<\/span><\/p><div class=\"author-desc\"><p>Kate has been Mometrix\u2019s Nursing and Medical Editor for over four years. She has a bachelor\u2019s degree in Communications from Vanderbilt University, a bachelor\u2019s degree in Nursing from Marymount University, and a master\u2019s degree in Education from Johns Hopkins. Kate is a critical care registered nurse who still works occasionally in the ICU and PACU.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"editor\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" class=\"author-bio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"author-image\" height=\"127\" width=\"127\" alt=\"Aaron Lanni profile pic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/image_2024-12-11_124906662.png\"><div class=\"author-text\"><p class=\"author-name\">Edited by <span itemprop=\"name\">Aaron Lanni<\/span><\/p><div class=\"author-desc\"><p>Aaron is the content manager and lead editor for Mometrix Academy. He regularly produces, updates, proofreads, and edits content to ensure it meets Mometrix\u2019s quality and accessibility standards.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"alignright author-desc author-link\"><a class=\"ylist\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/editorial-guidelines\/\">Learn more about our editorial guidelines<\/a> \u2192<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<div class=\"home-buttons\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/nursing-certification\/\">Nursing Certifications &#8211; Home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, thousands of students graduate from nursing school with a certification that allows them to pursue the nursing career of their dreams. Usually, the first step toward these dreams is a nursing certification exam. The National Certification Corporation (NCC) is a nonprofit organization that provides certification and credentialing exams in various specialties, primarily in &#8230; <a title=\"NCC Certification\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/ncc-certification\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about NCC Certification\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":207622,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-205391","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"page_type-directory"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205391"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289978,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205391\/revisions\/289978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mometrix.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}