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    Specialty (Non-Advanced Practice) Nursing
    After meeting the eligibility requirements to take the appropriate specialty (non-advanced practice) certification examination and successfully passing the exam, you are awarded the Registered Nurse – Board Certified (RN-BC) credential. An exception is the Nurse Executive Certification for which the credential Nurse Executive-Board Certified (NE-BC) is given.

    Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN)
    Advanced practice nursing certifications at ANCC include clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and nurse practitioner (NP) specialties. Once an advanced practice nurse (NP or CNS) meets the requirements to take the appropriate certification examination and successfully passes the exam, the nurse is awarded a credential from the chart below.

    Advanced Nursing Certifications
    Other advanced level certifications include Nurse Executive, Advanced, in which the NEA-BC is awarded and Advanced Public Health Nursing, in which the credential APHN-BC is awarded.

    Certification Exam
    Certification Credential Awarded
    Nurse Practitioners
    Acute Care Nurse Practitioner ACNP-BC
    Adult Nurse Practitioner ANP-BC
    Adult Psychiatric & Mental Nurse Practitioner PMHNP-BC
    Family Nurse Practitioner FNP-BC
    Family Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner PMHNP-BC
    Gerontological Nurse Practitioner GNP-BC
    Pediatric Nurse Practitioner PNP-BC
    Clinical Nurse Specialists
    Adult Health CNS (formerly Medical-Surgical Nursing) ACNS-BC
    Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health CNS PMHCNS-BC
    Child/Adolescent Psychiatric and Mental Health CNS PMHCNS-BC
    Gerontology CNS GCNS-BC
    Pediatric CNS PCNS-BC
    Public/Community Health CNS
    (alternate credential for Advanced Public Health Nursing)    		 PHCNS-BC
    Other Advanced Specialites
    Advanced Public Health Nursing APHN-BC
    Nurse Executive, Advanced
    (formerly Nursing Administration, Advanced)    		 NEA-BC
    Specialty Nurses
    Ambulatory Care RN-BC
    Cardiac Vascular RN-BC
    Gerontology RN-BC
    Informatics RN-BC
    Medical-Surgical RN-BC
    Nurse Executive
    (formerly Nursing Administration)    		 NE-BC
    Nursing Case Management RN-BC
    Nursing Professional Development RN-BC
    Pain Management RN-BC
    Pediatric RN-BC
    Psychiatric and Mental Health RN-BC

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