ANP recertification afters years out of practice

Trauma Columnist · Feb 25, 2015

If you haven't practice for X-amt of years, you will probably have to retest. Per the ANCC site, it appears the ANP certification exam "retires" Dec 2015:

Adult Nurse Practitioner

And here is a list of eligibility requirements:

Adult Nurse Practitioner Certification Eligibility Criteria

Best wishes

Saifudin · Feb 27, 2015

Thanks for your feedback. I can take the exam but will need 150 CEU hours first. I'm still licensed but to practice I have to get certified again. I was certified for 24 years then moved in different directions, all within healthcare and I am now in home care and getting practice skills back. I'm wondering how to set a study program. I'll probably start with a systematic system review, chronic diseases, a pharmacology review, which 25 of the 150 CE requirement must now be pharmacology. I'm thinking to take an NP review course closer to the time I want to take the exam and thinking about taking the board sometime in the fall, and before the ANCC ANP end date of end of Dec, 015. For all my years in healthcare and being an NP since 1982, I continue to consider myself an NP and will now try to get my credentials back and move into practice with wound care an interest but I'm a clinician at heart. At least that's the plan.

Trauma Columnist · Feb 27, 2015

Sounds like a solid plan to me. Best wishes.

llisamar · Mar 1, 2015

As far as study plan I would look at the forums where students discussed what study materials they used to prepare for the Boards.

Can someone tell me what is meant by the ANCC "retiring" its certification exam in 12/2015. I graduate from my FNP program in the summer of 2016. Does this mean that I will not be able to sit for the the FNP certification? Will the AANP be my only option?

Thanks!

llisamar · Mar 1, 2015

Please ignore my previous post. I was able to find information on what the ANCC means by the term "retiring" of certification.