Qualification of Candidates

Family, Psychiatric Mental Health, and Adult-Gerontology
Nurse Practitioner

The FNP, AGNP, and PMHNP certification examinations are offered to graduates of accredited graduate, post-graduate, and doctoral level family, adult-gerontology primary care, and psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner programs.

For more detailed information on qualifications, view our FNP AGNP PMHNP Candidate Handbook.

Emergency Nurse Practitioner

The Emergency specialty certification examination is offered to certified family nurse practitioners who meet one of three eligibility criteria options:

ENP OPTION 1

• Minimum of 2,000 direct, emergency care clinical practice hours as a Family NP in the past five (5) years
• Evidence of 100 hours of continuing emergency care education
• Minimum of 30 continuing emergency care education hours in emergency care procedural skills within those 5 years

ENP OPTION 2

• Completion of an approved graduate or post-graduate academic emergency care nurse practitioner program

ENP OPTION 3

• Completion of an approved emergency fellowship program

For more detailed information on qualifications for the ENP specialty exam, view our Emergency NP Specialty Certification Candidate Handbook.