ANCC is the world's largest and most prestigious nurse credentialing organization, and a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association (ANA).

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Computer-Based Certification Exam Sites/Dates

To search for the computer-based exam location nearest you, use our test center directory. Applications will be accepted at anytime.

The certification exams listed below are administered as computer-based tests. This means you can apply all year and test during a 90-day window at a time and location convenient to you. Exam scores are available immediately upon completion of the computer-based test. The links below will take you directly to the exam applications.

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist (formerly Med-Surg)
Adult Nurse Practitioner
Adult Psychiatric & Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
Adult Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Cardiac Vascular Nurse
Case Management Nurse
Child/ Adolescent Psychiatric & Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist
Diabetes Management, Advanced
Family Nurse Practitioner
Family Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Pracititioner
Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist
Gerontological Nurse
Gerontological Nurse Practitioner
Gerontological Nurse Practitioner Alternative Criteria
Informatics Nurse
Medical-Surgical Nurse
Nurse Executive (formerly Nursing Administration)
Nurse Executive, Advanced (formerly Nursing Administration, Advanced)
Nursing Professional Development
Pain Management
Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse

New Computer-Based Exam Launch Schedule

Candidates applying to take these new computer-based exams (below) can expect to receive Authorization to Test letters shortly before the dates listed. Candidates are advised to study for the exams so that they are prepared to test sometime during the three months following the exam launch date.

Exam
Expected Exam Launch Date
Nurse Executive
(formerly Nursing Administration)
October 1, 2008
Nurse Executive, Advanced
(formerly Nursing Administration, Advanced)
October 15, 2008
Nursing Case Management November 1, 2008
Nursing Professional Development November 1, 2008
Ambulatory Care Nurse 2009
Pediatric Nurse 2009
Public & Community Health Care
Clinical Nurse Specialist
2009
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