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Prepare to pass the CGRN Exam!

Welcome to the Certified Gastroenterology Registered Nurse Review Resource Center, your online guide to preparing for the Certified Gastroenterology Registered Nurse (CGRN) certification. Here you will find access to a variety of resources to help you as you prepare to take the Certified Gastroenterology Registered Nurse (CGRN) Exam.

Course available in 3 formats:

Watch a Sample of the Course

Course Overview:

The CGRN review course provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of gastroenterology based on the CGRN exam content outline. Participants receive information that will not only promote certification exam success but will also enhance gastroenterology practice.

Course Objectives:

Review and discuss gastroenterology certification exam content based on the CGRN exam content outline.
Attain information to support and enhance practice as a Certified Gastroenterology Registered Nurse.

Course Outline:

Session 1: Exam Overview and Test Taking
Session 2: Anatomy and Physiology of GI System
Session 3: Common Gastrointestinal Disorders
Session 4: Pharmacology and Lab Analysis
Session 5: Environmental, Safety & Specimens
Session 6: Gastroenterology Equipment & Procedures
Session 7: Emergent Situations & Sedations
Session 8: Standards of Care & Wellness

About the course instructor:

Melissa Cole, DNP, AGNP-C, Gero-BC, NPD-BC, AMB-BC

Dr. Melissa Cole is a clinician and educator and serves as a full-time Nurse Builders Senior Educator. She has been a registered nurse for over 39 years and an adult geriatric nurse practitioner for over 10 years. Her experience includes serving as a nurse educator in both graduate and undergraduate nursing programs and working as an adult nurse practitioner performing primary care and wound care to homebound patients, as well as telehealth follow up. Throughout her nursing career, she has worked in labor and delivery, high-risk obstetrics, pediatrics, emergency care, operating room, telemetry, diabetes management, public health, hospice, and home health care. Her passions include caring for older adults and individuals with disabilities across both inpatient and outpatient settings, particularly those affected by health inequities and social determinants of health. In this review course, Melissa will provide a thorough review of the Gastroenterology content to prepare participants for the CGRN exam.

About Contact Hours:

Live course contact hours: TBD

E-course contact hours: 15.5 hours

For Nurses Outside of Florida and California: Nurse Builders is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

For Florida and California Nurses: Nurse Builders is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider #15118) and the Florida Board of Nursing (provider #50-9679).

Are you a hospital and interested in live web streaming or e-courses for your nurses, and have questions?