Certification Application Document Submission Options
First-time and retest applicants for these certifications may use the options, below, to submit documents for review:
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
- Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Informatics Nursing
- Nurse Executive
- Nurse Executive, Advanced
- Nursing Professional Development
Options for self-uploading documents:
- Upload documents during the application process (for validation of education forms and unofficial transcripts only).
- Self-upload option at any time, including before or after submitting your application (for validation of education forms, gap analyses, and unofficial transcripts only) using the link below:
Options for sending documents to ANCC:
- *Email documents to aprnvalidation@ana.org (option for all documents, including OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS).
- *Mail documents (option for all documents, including OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS) to
American Nurses Credentialing Center
ATTN: Certification Registration
8403 Colesville Road, Suite 500
Silver Spring, MD 20910
*OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS must be sent via email or mail to ANCC, directly from the school or from a designated transcript service.