Prepare to pass the GERO-BC EXAM!

  • COURSE OVERVIEW

    This 2026 GERO-BC Review E-Course provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of gerontological nursing certification (GERO-BC) exam content outline. Participants receive content that will not only promote certification exam success but will also enhance clinical nursing practice.

  • CONTACT HOURS: 7

    Nurse Builders is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurse Builders is a CA CE Provider #15118. Nurse Builders is a CE Provider # 50-9679 for: AR, DC, FL, GA, KY, ND, NM, SC, WV.

  • INSTRUCTOR

    Dr. Melissa Cole is both a clinician and an educator. She has been a registered nurse for over 37 years and an adult geriatric nurse practitioner for over 8 years. Her current experiences include as a nurse educator for a graduate nursing program and as a telehealth nurse practitioner. Throughout her nursing career, she has worked in labor and delivery, high-risk obstetrics, pediatrics, emergency room, surgery, telemetry, diabetes management, public health, hospice, and home health care. Her current passion and expertise are in caring for the elderly and disabled populations in both inpatient and outpatient settings, specifically those suffering from health inequities and social determinants of health. Melissa serves as an authority on the gerontologic certification exam.

Course curriculum

    1. GERO-BC Review E-Course - Learning Outcome, Completion Criteria, Expiration Date, Disclosures, an

    2. Course Content Outline

    3. Speaker Bio and Course Objectives

    4. References

    1. Handout - Session 1

    2. Exam and Course Overview

    3. Test Taking Techniques

    4. Practice Questions: Test Taking Techniques

    1. Handout - Session 2

    2. Video - Session 2: Overview of Aging, Social Issues and Technology

    3. Practice Questions - Overview of Aging, Social Issues and Technology

    1. Handout - Session 3

    2. Session 3: Communication, Health History, and Care Coodination

    3. Practice Questions - Communication, Health History, and Care Coodination

    1. Handout - Session 4

    2. Session 4: Physical Assessment, Pain and Labs

    3. Practice Questions: Physical Assessment, Pain and Labs

    1. Handout - Session 5, Part 1

    2. Session 5, Part 1: Sensory, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Integumentary Systems

    3. Practice Questions: Sensory, Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Integumentary Systems

    4. Handout - Session 5, Part 2: Health Promotion, Spirituality, Death, & Dying

    5. Session 5, Part 2: GI, GU, Reproductive, Musculoskeletal, and Neurological Systems

    6. Practice Questions - GI, GU, Reproductive, Musculoskeletal, and Neurological Systems

    7. Handout - Session 5, Part 3

    8. Session 5, Part 3: Endocrine System, Immune System, Cognition, and Functional Changes

    9. Practice Questions: Endocrine System, Immune System, Cognition, and Functional Changes

About this course

  • Free
  • 36 lessons
  • 6.5 hours of video content