I know the NP role is being phased out... but I\'m curious... To be an ER NP would I get my family NP? When it is only DNP\'s would it then be a ER DNP or are the details still in the making? Anyone know? My goal is to become an ER NP with SANE certification. What\'s the take here...
Emily
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April 16th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
who says NP role is being phased out?
April 16th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Oh do you mean the educational requirements? I think that in 2015 it will be required for NP’s to have their phd but NPs in general are not being phased out .
April 20th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Acute Care Nurse Practitioners are, from what I understand, only qualified to treat adults. Family NPs do sometimes practice in the emergency department, but when a child rolls in in extremis, a pediatrician needs to be treating that patient.
April 20th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Oh, there is a new ED NP role in the works, but it’s still in the early stages.
April 22nd, 2009 at 6:27 pm
There is an Acute Care Nurse Practioner program at Case Western in Ohio that has a speciality in ED for ACNP’s. They also have a the Flight Nurse specialist program there as well.
If you want to work in an ER as an advanced practice nurse though, it may be difficult, as some ERs only staff PAs with the docs.
April 26th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Some ER’s have been phasing out the PA’s in the ERs. At my hospital they are going to just the physcians now in our ER. Budget cuts. They will be going to the PhD for the NP role, I know the Universities are working on that now.
April 30th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
The NP is not only NOT BEING PHASED OUT (who told you this?) it is more in demand than ever. A DNP (Doctorate of Nursing Practice) will be required by 2015 to sit for a first NP certification exam. But if you are already certified as a NP, you won’t need a DNP (A PhD is a very different degree).
If you want to be an ER NP- and there are loads of opportunities for NPs in these settings, you need to either become a family NP or an Acute CAre NP to become certified as a NP by the ANCC (the group that certifies most types of NPs) and then licensed in a state as a NP. There are no longer many ER NP programs in the US ( and no one is planning any since they do not fit the 2015 NP education criteria) and in some states, if you graduate from an ER NP program, you can’t get licensed as a NP.
Look at the ANCC website for NP certification catagories and at your state Board of Nursing website for NP licensing requirements.
Case Western has a great program for Acute Care NPs -there is one in Maryland too and several other places have good programs as well. More and more EDs are realizing that NPs do as well as PAs in many things and better in most.
good luck
April 30th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Oh- and some Acute Care NP programs are providing education in adult AND pediatric care-look for one of those or do a joint Adult Acute Care and Peditric Acute Care program if you choose not to be a FNP.
September 27th, 2010 at 6:14 pm
who says NP role is being phased out?