What differentiates AANP from ANCC?

Written By Shaira Cohen MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNE

AANP vs. ANCC: A Must-Watch for the Future Nurse Practitioners!

Attention nursing students! Dive deep into an engaging comparison of AANP & ANCC - both are respected, with many similarities, and equally accepted by professionals. However, to make an informed decision, you should know their differences. Want the scoop? Watch this 10-minute video to learn these critical distinctions. 

What differentiates AANP from ANCC? Are you ready to find out? Click play now!

What differentiates AANP from ANCC? Are you ready to find out? Click play now!

Sources:
Official AANP pass rates: https://www.aanpcert.org/certs/pass
Official ANCC pass rates: https://www.nursingworld.org/~497c80/globalassets/docs/ancc/ancc-cert-data-website.pdf

Shaira Cohen MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNE

Shaira Cohen, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CNE, is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Educator with more than 15 years of experience in nursing and clinical care. She practices as an oncology nurse practitioner at Norwalk Hospital and has taught nursing students since 2018, including as a clinical nurse educator at UConn. In 2020, she founded The Cohen Review, an online board review program built to help nurse practitioner students prepare for and pass the AANP and ANCC certification exams. Her courses concentrate on the primary care content that matters most for licensure, drawing on both her bedside experience and her years in the classroom.

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