are there major differences from Public Health NP and Adult NP in community health?

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Specializes in Ortho, Med surg and L&D.

Hello,

Thanks for taking the time to read my question.

I am one of the direct entry hopefuls and my grad school interview is Thursday. I have over 15 years health care experience, (mostly as a CNA, PCA, PCT mostly in med-surg and also as an EMT-A).

I am very aware that the first four semesters are going to be very intense and the next year we work as RN and also start our core courses for NP, then can begin the NP program.

I applied for the Adult Nurse practitioner specialty because of my personal and professional experience.

My main question deals with the question of why I want to be an adult Nurse practitioner. I am concerned that my answer will sound like I am more interested in either public health nursing or women's health but the truth is I am interested in those things too but, feel that I will be able to care for a much more diverse patient population as an Adult NP. I am interested in patient and community health education and in women's health issues and also in geriatric but also in preventative health strategies as well as patient care in outclinic and or in the hospital for bedside.

Sigh, so, how would I make sure that my answer for what it is about the Adult NP specialty that I want to apply doesn't sound like I "should" have applied for public health nursing?

Thank you in advance,

Gen

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Hi Gen,

You sound just like me! I decided to go a with a direct entry program where I'll end up trained as both an ANP and WHNP. My interest is really in community health primary care and teaching, and I decided that the best way to serve this goal was through this track. But then, being an NP - diagnosing, prescribing, all that - was an important part of it for me, so I didn't look closely at public health nursing. (This is mostly because in the clinics where I worked before I went to school, the people doing what I wanted to do were NPs!) So my experience with PH nursing, as it might differ from an ANP track, is limited.

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Specializes in Ortho, Med surg and L&D.
Hi Gen,

You sound just like me! I decided to go a with a direct entry program where I'll end up trained as both an ANP and WHNP. My interest is really in community health primary care and teaching, and I decided that the best way to serve this goal was through this track. But then, being an NP - diagnosing, prescribing, all that - was an important part of it for me, so I didn't look closely at public health nursing. (This is mostly because in the clinics where I worked before I went to school, the people doing what I wanted to do were NPs!) So my experience with PH nursing, as it might differ from an ANP track, is limited.

Hello RN117,

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Today is my interveiw at the grad school and I'm pretty excited. I really like the idea of becoming a primary care provider too!

Fingers crossed.

Gen

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