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Advanced Practice Registered Nurses may apply for Board Certification (BC) as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP). Prerequisites for ACNP BC include 1) Holding current licensure as a Registered Nurse 2) graduation from an accredited master's, post-graduate, or doctoral acute care nurse practitioner program which includes at least 500 supervised clinical hours.[2] Acute care nurse practitioners have several options to become nationally board certified. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) offers the ACNPC-AG certification. [3] Eligible candidates must pass an exam, possess a valid RN license and have a graduate-level nursing degree from an accredited acute care advanced practice nursing program. The American Nurses Credentialing Center offers the AGACNP-BC (Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner – Board Certified) credential.[4] This credentialing exam replaces the ACNP-BC exam, in order to better align with the APRN Consensus Model, which promotes a more uniform model of nurse practitioner licensing, accreditation, certification, and education.[5] Both credentials will continue to be used, but candidates who apply after 2015 will sit for the AGACNP-BC exam only. Candidates must possess a valid RN license and have a graduate level nursing degree from an accredited program which includes at least 500 clinical hours and specific content in pathophysiology, pharmacology, health assessment, health promotion and maintenance, and diagnosis and disease management.[6] Many state boards of nursing require that nurse practitioners are certified by a national certifying body. [7] [8] [9]