AG-ACNP working in primary care or urgent care

[Shaggyb2000]

Are there any ACNPs that work in a primary care clinic or Urgent care clinic, as well as the hospital setting? The scope of practice for ACNPs in NC, where I practice, states that we can see patients with acute or chronic conditions in any setting that they may present. All of my training is hospital based but we do train to care for most, if not all, common chronic conditions in adults as well.

[Corey Narry, MSN, RN, NP]

You could work in an Internal Medicine practice that combines adult primary care and in-patient rounding. Internal Medicine is a broad field that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of all adult diseases. Your AG-ACNP training would be sufficient to practice in such a setting. You could also work in Urgent Care or even ER as long as the limitation in seeing children is maintained. We actually have ACNP's in our Main ER because we have a separate Pediatric ER attached to our Children's Hospital.

[Shaggyb2000]

Thank you Juan. I'll be honest that I'm glad you responded. You have a lot of information that is very helpful and is presented in an easily digestible manner. I've read your background elsewhere, I think you are an ACNP in California, but I can't remember? Any tips or guides to where you've posted some info would be appreciated. I really enjoy your input.