FNP working in acute care

[npmm]

I am a newly licensed/board-certified FNP. Can I practice in an acute care setting (i.e. hospital)? My application for privileges at the hospital was approved. Are there any FNPs that have practiced in a hospital setting?

[NICUmiiki, DNP, NP]

My state strictly follows the consensus model and doesn't allow this. They've instructed NPs working outside of their population foci to find a new job or get trained in that role. I know of one who was an FNP working in a NICU that had to get her NNP to continue working there per the BON.

FNPs don't learn invasive procedures or medical management of acute problems, so they can't work in acute care settings. And my in opinion, which won't be liked by anyone who thinks that FNPs are generalists who can work anywhere like PAs, is that all NPs get a bad rep when they take jobs they aren't trained for and require total OTJ training.

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

I agree with above poster. FNPs are educated in primary care not acute care

[nursetim, NP]

As an brand new ANP, I almost took a job at Duke, I asked about not having ACNP cert. , they didn’t have a problem with it. This was ‘09. Now in AZ, MUST have ACNP to work in the hospital.