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Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Throughout

your program

Your Program:☐

  • Download and keep all your syllabi
☐
  • Download and keep course catalogs for the years you were enrolled in your degree program

During

your final quarter

Your Final Quarter: 

☐
  1. Begin studying for
the
  1. your exam
(
  1. :
and
). 
    • Content guides and sample questions can be found on certifying body websites: 
☐

  2. Register to take your National Certification Exam.  NP exam comparison info is available in many sources, including this one.
☐
      • If you are sitting for a certification exam through ANCC, complete only the first section of the Validation of Education form and send by email to
Katie Bennett
      • SHS@spu.edu AFTER registering for your exam.  Validation forms will be sent at the conclusion of Spring Quarter.
    • AANPCB Family Nurse Practitioner or Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP
      • AANPCB certification does not require a verification of education
☐

  2. Submit your unofficial transcript to your certifying body
☐

  2. Respond to the “What Comes Next?” survey sent by the School of Health Sciences
, as requested by email.

After Graduation:

☐
  1. Request an official transcript
to
  1. be sent directly to your certifying body
If you order transcripts
    • Wait until your degree is posted
, be sure to
    • or indicate that transcripts should not be printed until your degree is posted
.


After

sitting for your certification exam

Passing Your Certification Exam:

  • Request that your certifying body send verification of certification to WA
state number (
  • Number
    • apply after you have your state license
)


When

you are employed

You Are Employed:

  • Obtain malpractice insurance (may vary by employee)
  • Apply for NPI and L&I numbers (may vary by employer *)
  • Apply for Medicare and Medicaid numbers (may vary by employer *)
  • Apply to become a WA practitioner (application to insurance companies for billing; may vary by employer*)

          * Most employers will do this for you.