00:00
So there are several different
certification pathways
to become a family
nurse practitioner.
00:05
And there are pros
and cons to each one.
00:08
Each certifying body.
So there's the AANP and the ANCC.
00:12
They have different
tests at their baseline.
00:16
So I would just look and
see, you know,
when I took it, one of them gave
you value ranges of other labs
and the other one didn't.
00:22
And one of them gave
you a test questions
that were only clinical based.
00:26
And the other one would ask
you questions about insurance.
00:28
So you can look up
on their websites.
00:30
There's comparison charts
all over the internet,
of what their differences are now,
but also keep in the
back of your mind,
what you might want to do with
your career in a few years,
because they have different
renewal requirements.
00:42
Some of them require you
to actively be practicing,
whereas the other one allows
you to be in education
or something else and
still be able to recertify.
00:52
So kind of look both at
now what you want to do,
but also think like,
do I maybe want to step away
from the clinical setting
and do I still want to recertify?
That's something you're
gonna want to consider.
01:02
But honestly, at the end of
the day for being very honest,
I also just chose because
all my friends picked
before me and I said then
that is what I too shall do.