Specialty Certifications for Nurse Practitioners
Comprehensive programs designed to deepen your expertise, translate knowledge into practice, and prepare you with the confidence to meet the evolving needs of your practice.
Three online certifications built with practicing NPs and PAs — functional medicine, hormone replacement therapy, and dermatology.
100% online, self-paced
1 year to complete
61–95 contact hours
Educating advanced practice providers since 1989.
What do you want to master?
Pick the expertise you want to build. The matching certifications are flagged below.
Get to the root of chronic disease
Manage hormones and optimize wellness
Handle skin complaints in-house
Add a cash-pay service line
Three programs to choose from
Build deeper expertise for an evolving practice with comprehensive education designed to turn knowledge into application, readiness, and confidence.
Matches your goal
FMP-C CREDENTIAL
Functional Medicine Certification
Treat the root causes behind chronic disease — labs, gut, hormones, cardiometabolic, toxins, HPA axis — and integrate it with Western medicine.
- 95 contact hours · 24 Rx hours
- 12 modules including practice growth
- Enhance your practice with integrative medicine alongside conventional care
Matches your goal
EHRT-C CREDENTIAL
HRT Certification
Hormone optimization across women’s and men’s health, plus thyroid, fertility, GLP-1s and pellet therapy — and how to scale it as a service line.
- 65 CE hours · 26 Rx hours
- 11 courses · 100-question final exam
- Includes opening and scaling an HRT practice
Matches your goal
FITZGERALD CERTIFICATE
Dermatology Certificate
Stop referring out common skin complaints. Diagnose and manage lesions, dermatitis, psoriasis, infections and suspicious moles with confidence.
- 61 contact hours · 25 Rx hours
- 25 modules · clinical and business
- Monthly webinars and weekly office hours
What every certification includes
Fully online, self-paced
No travel, no fixed schedule. Most providers finish in three to six months.
Faculty in active practice
Curriculum written by NPs and PAs who use these protocols with their own patients.
Accredited CE and Rx hours
Contact hours and pharmacology hours count toward CE requirements.
Business and growth training
Pricing, cash-pay models and patient acquisition for new income streams.
Taught by faculty who practice this daily
Program directors and course authors across the three certifications — all practicing NPs and PAs.
Jenni Gallagher
MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Director — Functional Medicine
Patrick Straccuzzi
Program Director
Director — HRT Certification
Margaret Bobonich
DNP, FNP-C, DCNP, FAANP
Director — Dermatology
Justin Groce
MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Author — Functional Medicine, HRT
Accreditation statement
Fitzgerald Health Education Associates is accredited by the American Association of Nurse Practitioners as an approved provider of nurse practitioner continuing education. Provider #070201.
American Association of Nurse Practitioners approved CE is recognized by all NP certifying bodies.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP17438.
Physician Associates / AAPA Category 1 CME Credit
Provided through NetCE. NetCE is a jointly accredited provider and may award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for eligible activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. Activities designated for AAPA Category 1 CME credit include the applicable credit designation statement, credit amount, format, and expiration date on the individual course page. PAs should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
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Common questions
Program-specific details live on each certification page.
No. All three certificate programs are excluded from FHEA memberships and must be purchased separately.
Each program gives you one year of access. Most providers finish in three to six months, and you keep lifetime access to the core content you purchased.
No. Each certification starts with foundational concepts and builds to advanced protocols, so it works whether you are new to the specialty or already practicing in it.
Functional Medicine and HRT both end in a final exam — HRT requires 80% or higher on quizzes and its 100-question final. The Dermatology program awards a certificate of completion.
Yes. All three programs are open to nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
Functional Medicine graduates earn FMP-C and HRT graduates earn EHRT-C. These denote successful program completion — they do not imply board certification or specialty licensure.
Ready to pick your specialty?
Each certification page has the full curriculum, faculty, and enrollment. Start with the one closest to your patient panel.