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Application Process for Recertification through Clinical Practice and Continuing Education
For candidates choosing to recertify through practice and continuing education, the recertification application must be completed with requested documentation of clinical practice as a nurse practitioner and continuing education. Documentation of clinical practice includes submission of the total hours of appropriate clinical practice as a nurse practitioner, the names of all clinical sites, the address of each site, the role/responsibility of the nurse practitioner in that site, and the dates of practice in each site since certification by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program. Documentation of continuing education includes the submission of the name of the continuing education topics, dates of attendance, number of clock hours, the name of the CEU authorizer, and a copy of the CE certificate for each offering.
Authorizing entities include AANP, NAPNAP, ANCC, ACNM, AMA, AAFP, AAPA, and applicable clinical graduate courses. All continuing education offering should be relevant to the nurse practitioner clinical practice specialty in which the applicant is certified. Courses not applicable include non-clinical college courses, Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support courses. Applications should be mailed eight weeks prior to the expiration date of the current certification to allow time for reviewing, processing and issuing a new certificate. Candidates found ineligible to be certified will be returned the certification fee less a $60 processing fee. |