Confidentiality

Official Board policy states that the BONENT Executive Office:

• Can only speak to exam applicants regarding application details.
• May not discuss any application with managers, supervisors educators, co-workers or family members.

The BONENT Executive Office is Very Busy!!!

Please Note:
Due to the April 15 federal deadline, we have received an overwhelming number of applications. The BONENT staff is extremely busy processing to meet all deadlines.

PHONE CALLS: Do NOT call and leave several messages with one or several staff, as the call volume is enormous.

Application STATUS: We do not keep you updated on the specific phase your application is in, until you receive a Confirmation Letter or Incomplete Letter. So please do not call and ask us your status.

PPE: Confirmation Letters are mailed approximately 2 weeks before the exam date.

CBT: The process takes approximately 4-6 weeks from the date we receive the application.

Answers to most of your questions can be found here on our website.

The Premier International Organization for Certification of Nephrology Professionals

The Board of Nephrology Examiners Nursing and Technology (BONENT) believes that, as an organization, it is incumbent upon us to:

Identify safe, competent practitioners in nephrology nursing and technology
Promote excellence in the quality of care of the nephrology patient; and
Encourage the study and advance the science of nursing and technological fields in nephrology.

BONENT serves as a representative voice, urging legislation and regulatory movement toward meaningful training, certification and credentialing of all nephrology practitioners.

In addition, BONENT certification programs reflect its global status as the leading certification group of nephrology nurses and technologists/technicians worldwide. Examinations are conducted as far away as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Turkey and a growing list of international countries.

BONENT membership is comprised of nurses and technicians who have received a passing score on a BONENT exam and are thereby certified. Members must recertify every four years. Today, over 5,000 nurses and technicians have met our criteria and are BONENT-certified.

Despite its impressive growth in recent years, BONENT remains largely a “grassroots” organization that depends on the help of all of its members in order to sustain itself, thrive and grow.

NEWS

See new and updated information below to answer important questions about testing and recertification!

• Fall Newsletter Update (11/10/09)

• Read the Scholarship Essay Winners (11/1/09)

• New Candidate Handbook & Application (4/20/09)

• NEW (as of 2-20-09): PCTs with greater than 4 years work experience in dialysis, who lack evidence of a high school diploma, may use that work experience in lieu of the requirement for high school diploma.

• NEWS FLASH!!! Lapsed and Expired Members Can NOW Re-Instate Certification If your certification has lapsed or expired any time after 2000, you may re-instate your certification without retaking the BONENT exam. Click here to find out how.

New 2008 ESRD Regulations, including mandatory certification (4/15/08)

• SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AT BONENT: Computer Based Testing & More than 175 New Locations Added & Nursing Exam Reduced to 150 Questions (7/1/08)

• New Recertification Procedure Effective
3/1/08

Exam Schedule
and Locations
Updated Weekly

Paper & Pencil Exam
Schedule

Computer Based Testing
Info & Locations

Candidate Handbook, Revised April 20, 2009.
Click to download PDF.

Helpful Tips & Reminders (PDF)

Before you call and ask the BONENT office a question, please refer to our Helpful Tips & Reminders page about our:

• Exam Scores
• Exam Transfers & Withdrawals
• Recertification
• Refunds


All information provided on this website reflects Board-approved BONENT Official Policy. This web site is updated weekly and includes the most detailed and up-to-date policies, applications, forms and books.