Policy Differences Between AANP and ANCC?

[TheSquire, DNP, APRN, NP]

Howdy!

I'm a DNP/FNP student nearing the point in my program where I need to pick and take my certifying exam. Many quarters ago, my Physical Assessment and Pharmacology instructor told us that AANP and ANCC have significant differences in policies and political outlook, and that if any of us intend on being active on those fronts we should make sure our certification aligns with the positions we hold.

I've been trying to find information on this, but I can't find a good comparison...or even really a list of positions held by either organization in regards to advanced practice. Does anyone have an idea of where I should look, or of what the differences are?

Thanks!

[PG2018]

I don't think it matters as you could take both tests.

[Corey Narry, MSN, RN, NP]

They're very similar in that they both want your money, lol.

To be honest, I don't get why we have two options for certification for some of our NP specialties. I also don't get why we have to portray certification in such a politicized way as if our practice has to follow a certain agenda other than patient care.

For what its worth, ANCC is a subsidiary of ANA (and all that it stands for) and is tasked with not only NP certification but a host of other certification programs including those for CNS (albeit now quite limited), and the Magnet Recognition Program. My personal feeling is that they are a large business not completely vested in the NP field because of their multiple focus.

AANP certification is a branch of AANP, the national association of NP's in the US. They have a vested interest in the NP field but ironically limits their certification offerings to just AGNP and FNP (talk about not being inclusive).

Other NP certification programs, to me, paints a better model for NP certification because of their specialty focus in Pediatrics with PNCB (for both Primary Care and Acute Care Peds) and Maternal and Infant Care with NCC (for both NNP and WHNP certification). I wish this was the direction NP certification took from the start.

[synaptic]

They're very similar in that they both want your money, lol.

To be honest, I don't get why we have two options for certification for some of our NP specialties. I also don't get why we have to portray certification in such a politicized way as if our practice has to follow a certain agenda other than patient care.

For what its worth, ANCC is a subsidiary of ANA (and all that it stands for) and is tasked with not only NP certification but a host of other certification programs including those for CNS (albeit now quite limited), and the Magnet Recognition Program. My personal feeling is that they are a large business not completely vested in the NP field because of their multiple focus.

AANP certification is a branch of AANP, the national association of NP's in the US. They have a vested interest in the NP field but ironically limits their certification offerings to just AGNP and FNP (talk about not being inclusive).

Other NP certification programs, to me, paints a better model for NP certification because of their specialty focus in Pediatrics with PNCB (for both Primary Care and Acute Care Peds) and Maternal and Infant Care with NCC (for both NNP and WHNP certification). I wish this was the direction NP certification took from the start.

First sentence sums it up, they want our money so they can go buy bigger purses, more shoes, and faster cars.