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NPCB Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certification

National NPCB certification for the Family Nurse Practitioner population focus, awarded after eligibility requirements and successful completion of its certification examination.

Licensing authority: Nurse Practitioners Certification Board · Application information

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NPCB Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certification examination
Applicability
The current official FNP page links the current handbook through the official handbook directory; no explicit credential, route, or blueprint start/end date is published in the adopted sources. Null dates do not assert applicability to all historical dates.
Certification Release
Successful certification examination and final official transcript showing the awarded degree and conferral date; postgraduate certificate applicants also submit final postgraduate and MSN transcripts. Testing may follow completion of didactic coursework and clinical hours before degree conferral.
Eligibility
Complete an accredited graduate, postgraduate, or doctoral FNP program; complete separate graduate-level advanced physical assessment, advanced pharmacology, and advanced pathophysiology courses; at least 500 faculty-supervised direct patient care clinical hours; preparation in the NP role and family/individual across the lifespan focus; current active US or US-territory professional nursing licensure.
Practice Exam
Optional practice examinations are not required for certification.

NPCB Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) certification examination

Provider
Prometric
Format
Computer-based multiple-choice examination
Exam questions
Total questions: 150; Scored questions: 135; Unscored questions: 15; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
3 hours
Examination outline
  • Assess (32%)
    • Obtain subjective patient information
    • Perform appropriate physical examination
    • Order, perform, and interpret screening and diagnostic tests
  • Diagnose (26.5%)
    • Prioritize differential diagnoses and establish primary diagnosis
  • Plan (26.5%)
    • Establish a patient-centered, evidence-based plan of care
    • Initiate interprofessional referrals or consultations
    • Prescribe, order or administer pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments
    • Provide education, counseling, and health promotion strategies
  • Evaluate (15%)
    • Establish a patient-centered, evidence-based plan of care
    • Initiate interprofessional referrals or consultations
    • Prescribe, order or administer pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments
    • Provide education, counseling, and health promotion strategies
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