Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified — Requirements & Free Practice

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ANCC certification for adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioners, awarded after eligibility and passage of the certification examination.

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Eligibility: Current active RN license in a US state or territory, or the legally recognized professional equivalent in another country; an AGACNP masters degree, post-graduate certificate, or DNP from a CCNE, ACEN, or CNEA accredited program (PGC applicants require PGC APRN program accreditation); at least 500 faculty-supervised clinical hours; three separate comprehensive graduate APRN core courses in advanced physiology/pathophysiology, advanced health assessment, and advanced pharmacology; and program content in health promotion or maintenance and differential diagnosis and disease management including pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions. After completing all coursework and supervised clinical hours, an otherwise eligible candidate may receive authorization to test before degree conferral after submitting the required education verification and transcripts. ANCC retains an ATT candidates exam result and issues certification only after all eligibility requirements are met, a passing result is on file, and the final degree-conferred official transcript is received.

Provider: ANCC; Prometric scheduling
Format: Computer-based multiple-choice examination
Exam questions: Total questions: 175; Scored questions: 150; Unscored questions: 25; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit: 3.5 hours

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