Nursing Professional Development Certification Preparation

Target Audience

• Registered nurses preparing for certification in Nursing Professional Development

• RNs new to the NPD role

• RNs desiring additional education in the NPD processes

This program is intended to enable the learner to successfully complete the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) generalist examination in nursing professional development. This course also enables novice NPD practitioners to develop foundational knowledge for the specialty practice.

Instructed by Jo-Ann R. Robinson, DNP, RNC-BC, APN-BC, C-OB

Jo-Ann Robinson is the Administrative System Director of Nursing Professional Development at the Bon Secours Charity Health System, a member of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, and a part-time professor at Saint Peter’s University’s School of Nursing. She has served in many nursing roles over the last twenty-five years, i.e., Nursing Professional Development Specialist, Manager and Director; Clinical Nurse Manager, Director of Women & Children’s Services; System Director of Professional Practice & Magnet; and Adult Nurse Practitioner. In addition to NPD, she is also certified in Inpatient Obstetrics and as an Adult Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Robinson earned her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ where she completed her original research on the relationship between the generation of a nurse and their learning style that was published in the Journal for Nurses in Staff Development.

As well as presenting nationally on various nursing professional development topics, she has been an ANPD Convention Content Planning Committee member and is the 2018 convention chairperson. She has been a chapter author for ANPD’s Core Curriculum for Staff Development (3rd ed.) and authored ANPD’s NPD Quick Guide Series booklet, Educational Design Process: Logistical Planning. She has served as a member of the American Nurses Credentialing Center Fundamentals of Magnet Content Panel and the Watson Caring Science Institute’s Executive Caritas Council. Presently, she is a Board of Director’s Member and the Education Committee Chairperson of the Bergen/Passaic Nurse Educators Organization, an ANPD affiliate. Dr. Robinson was recognized by ANPD for nursing excellence in the area of Professional Development Leadership. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau and Phi Lambda Theta, the International Honor Society in Education.