Build expertise at the level that fits your experience.
Level up your POCUS expertise.
Earn AANA Digital Badges that recognize your achievement as you build specialized knowledge and advance toward POCUS Practice Excellence.
The courses have been prior-approved by the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology. For each individual course accreditation statement, MAC Ed or pharmacology credits, and approval codes, please visit the CRNA Education Edge.
The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology is accredited with distinction as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
AANA is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP #10862.
Earn AANA Digital Badges that recognize your achievement as you build specialized knowledge and advance toward POCUS Practice Excellence.
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What is an AANA Digital Badge?
How does the POCUS Digital Badge Pathway work?
Do I need to complete the badges in order?
Who is the POCUS pathway for?
How long does each badge take to complete?
How do I share my badge?
How do I earn the micro-credential?
Frequently Asked Questions
Take the next step in your POCUS practice.
Build specialized knowledge, demonstrate your achievement, and progress toward POCUS Practice Excellence.
What is an AANA Digital Badge?
How does the POCUS Digital Badge Pathway work?
Do I need to complete the badges in order?
Who is the POCUS pathway for?
How long does each badge take to complete?
How do I share my badge?
How do I earn the micro-credential?
POCUS Digital Badge Pathway
Make Your Achievement Visible
An AANA POCUS Digital Badge provides professional recognition of your achievement and a credential you can share.
Showcase your Digital Badge on:
- Professional Profiles
- Employer Credentialing Records
- Personal Website
Continue earning badges to progress toward the POCUS Practice Excellence Micro-Credential.
Your achievement goes beyond the course.
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POCUS Digital Badge Pathway
Stengthen Your POCUS Knowledge
Build knowledge and skills in point-of-care ultrasound through a progressive pathway designed for anesthesia practice.
AANA POCUS Digital Badges provide a structured way to develop specialized knowledge while earning professional recognition for your achievement.
Core Knowledge
1
Build foundational knowledge in ultrasound principles and applications relevant to anesthesia practice.
AVAILABLE NOW
2
Applied Practice
Advance your ability to apply POCUS to clinical assessment, invasive monitoring, and perioperative decision-making.
Available Spring 2027
COMING SOON
3
Professional
Leadership
Continue developing your POCUS expertise through leadership and professional development.
Build foundational knowledge in ultrasound principles and applications relevant to anesthesia practice.
Core Knowledge
AVAILABLE NOW
1
Advance your ability to apply POCUS to clinical assessment, invasive monitoring, and perioperative decision-making.
2
Applied Practice
Available Spring 2027
Professional
Leadership
Continue developing your POCUS expertise through leadership and professional development.
COMING SOON
3
4
Build Specialized Knowledge
Build knowledge and skills in point-of-care ultrasound through a progressive pathway designed for anesthesia practice.
Apply It to Your Practice
Progress from foundational concepts toward increasingly advanced clinical applications.
Show What You Know
Earn a digital credential that recognizes your achievement and can be shared on LinkedIn, professional profiles, employer credentialing records, and personal websites.
Keep Progressing
Continue through the pathway to build toward the POCUS Practice Excellence Micro-Credential.
POCUS Practice Excellence Micro-Credential
Earn all four digital badges to achieve the micro-credential, the highest level of practice excellence in the pathway.