[jacrod1234]

i am fnp gastroenterology 4yrs just accepted acute np in hospital working with care management to facilitate disharges/transfer of 2 md's with high census and long length of stay i am questioning whether to get acnp certification, go straight to doctorate or dual any suggestions also what salary do you think is amendable thanks

[wildmountainchild]

The AANP renectly had an article in thier publication stating that NP's should be certified in thier area of practice. However, in reality that is rarely the case BUT for liability reasons I think it's a good idea.

How much time do you have? The DNP takes about 2 years while an additional cert only takes 1. While I think the DNP is the wave of the future I think you can get more real world mileage out of an ACNP cert. Look around at different programs, mayber there is one where you could end up with both the DNP and the ACNP. The DNP is still in enough of it's infancy to allow some flexibility in how it's arranged...I just don't know how much.

If it were me, I'd go for the ACNP first.

[traumaRUs]

I agree with wildmountainchild - the ACNP will get you more mileage. The DNP (at least in my area) is still so new and personally, I don't see that if you are already an FNP it will get you anywhere.

[jacrod1234]

thanks guys for the input this was my first time using the site and i appreciate having colleagues to bounce things off
may GOD bless us all