Pediatric endocrinology nurse practicioner...

[~Melissa~]

This Is my ultimate goal... I'm just starting nursing school. I was hoping to find a program I could complete largely online, but I'm not seeing one this specific. Instead, I see pediatrics, mental health, etc. Can someone give me a heads up on where (and what!) I should be looking?

Thanks!

[UVA Grad Nursing]

I would recommend that you look at a pediatric acute care NP program, and then inquire if one of these peds AC programs would allow you to focus your practica experiences in peds endocrinology.

A primary care PNP program would not permit you the specialty focus that you seem to be looking for.

[KelRN215, BSN, RN]

I would recommend that you look at a pediatric acute care NP program, and then inquire if one of these peds AC programs would allow you to focus your practica experiences in peds endocrinology.

A primary care PNP program would not permit you the specialty focus that you seem to be looking for.

The vast majority of the Nurse Practitioners I worked with were general PNPs and they worked in specialties like neurosurgery, oncology, neurology. They didn't train as such in school and had very diverse backgrounds.

[phillycpnp-pc, MSN, RN, NP]

You are not going to find a specific peds NP program with endo. You have to do acute care peds np or primary care peds np. With acute care you can work in a hospital setting and primary care in can work in outpatient specialty clinic such as endo. Whatever program you chose try and request clinical with a Peds Endocrine clinic.