CANS Certified Jobs
PSNCB certifies registered nurses and advanced practice nurses in aesthetic practice as CANS, which spells out as certified aesthetic nurse specialist. The work is consultations and injectable appointments, in plastic surgery and dermatology practices and in med spas.
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Your questions about CANS certified jobs, answered
- Whose supervision makes the experience count?
A narrow list of physicians, and it's the first thing to check about an employer. PSNCB counts aesthetic nursing done in collaboration with a physician board certified in plastic or aesthetic surgery, dermatology, ophthalmology, cosmetic surgery or facial plastic surgery, or with a nurse practitioner who holds the CANS. That collaborator also writes the letter of recommendation the application asks for, so a clinic under any other medical direction is a problem for the file.
- How recent does the experience have to be?
Recent enough to still be yours. PSNCB looks at nursing experience within the core specialties in the years immediately before the application, and it asks that you're working in that collaboration when you apply, so a nurse who left aesthetics 4 years ago is starting the clock again. Our CANS guide has the hours and the exam.
- Does the certification change what I may inject?
Not by itself. Injecting runs on the nursing license you already hold, RN or advanced practice, on your state's delegation and collaboration rules, and on the physician's orders where those apply. The CANS exam sits on top of all that as evidence you were tested on the specialty. It's a hiring signal in a market where one job title covers wildly different scopes.