ANCC or ANPP

My school just recently recommended the APEA review class so Im greatly considering that one. Im just concerned that a job may require either ANPP or ANCC. I just hope they are both widely excepted by employers.

Thank you. I greatly appreciate your feedback. Up coming graduation is causing me a lot of anxiety!!

My specialty only has ANCC or ACCN but ACCN isn't accepted by many states

I don't think it much matters. ANCC and AANP both certify that you have minimum competency in your specialty, which is what Medicare/Medicaid require. In most states, either the ANCC or AANP exam is acceptable for licensing. I graduated from SUNY Stony Brook in 2011 and took the ANCC exam, so my title is ANP-BC. One of my friends/classmates who graduated at the same time is ANP-C (she took the AANP exam. I work with a lot of different NPs and we're pretty evenly split between them.

I took both AANP and ANCC, a week apart, in that order and I passed both making me eligible to use FNP-BC, NP-C titles. In Texas, either national certification qualifies you to be an APRN by the Texas State Board of Nursing. It does not much matter but I think that ANCC is more prestigious since they are the premier credentialing board in all sorts of nursing specialties. Also, paying the credentialing or renewal fees becomes a consideration since they get pricey if one has too many certs and licenses to maintain. Live Fitzgerald course was worth it for me. Luckily, it was offered in Dallas so I could attend it as a local participant (instead of a hotel) and I took both exams within a month after taking the Fitzgerald review course.