dual FNP/ACNP certification

[jedi88]

Hi! I am interested in working as a nurse practitioner in an ER or ICU setting. I have already worked as an EMT for six years and am certified in ACLS and PALS. The ACNP training seems to be more relevant to critical care fields but the FNP allows you to treat adults and pediatric patients. I was thinking of getting certified in both. How would re-certification work for that? Do continuing education credits for the FNP count for ACNP and vice versa or do I have to complete double the amount of continuing education? Which program is it better to take first and why? Thank you!

[bsnanat2]

Found a previous thread that is sort of related. Juan delaCruz(?) made a comment therein that seems to indicated that the new consensus model will move ACNP towards adolescents. I buy that and hope so.

https://allnurses.com/nurse-practitioners-np/irritated-changes-anp-538755.html