Nurse Practitioner - Post-nominal Credentials and Initials

Post-nominal Credentials and Initials

See also: List of nursing credentials

Post-nominal initials NPs may use are regulated by the state in which they are licensed and include:

  • ACNP-BC (Acute Care Nurse Practitioner - Board Certified; if certified by the ANCC)
  • ACNPC (Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Certified)
  • APRN-BC (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Board Certified; no longer awarded, replaced with specialty-specific credentials by the ANCC )
  • ARNP (Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner)
  • CAS (Certificate of Advanced Study)
  • CNP (Certified Nurse Practitioner)
  • CPNP (Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner; if certified by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board PNCB)
  • CPNP-AC (Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Acute Care; if certified by the PNCB )
  • CPNP-PC (Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care; if certified by the PNCB )
  • CRNP (Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner; used primarily in Pennsylvania and Alabama )
  • DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice; the terminal practice degree for NPs)
  • DNSc (Doctor of Nursing Science; equivalent to Ph.D., most D.N.Sc. programs now converted to PhD programs)
  • FAAN (Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing AAN)
  • FAANP (Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners AANP)
  • MA (Master of Arts in Nursing)
  • MN (Master of Nursing)
  • MSN (Master of Science in Nursing)
  • NP-C (Nurse Practitioner - Certified; if certified by the AANP)
  • PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
  • PMC (Post-Master's Certificate)
  • RN (Registered Nurse)
  • RN(EP) or NP (Registered Nurse - Extended Practice; Manitoba, Canada)
  • RN(NP) (Registered Nurse - Nurse Practitioner; Saskatchewan, Canada)

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