AGNP Job Prospects

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Hi,

I'm currently a dialysis nurse and trying to choose a nurse practitioner program so that I could continue to work in nephrology as an NP. I'm currently looking at AGNP programs as I think it is more relevant to my desired field.

Has it been difficult to find employment as an AGNP? What sort of job offers have AGNP graduates been receiving?

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Specializes in Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care.

Adult gero primary care or adult gero acute care? We need clarification as there really isn't an "AGNP" it's either AG-PCNP AG-ACNP (but I'll usually write ACNP though - I think the abbreviation is too long otherwise).

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Sorry for the confusion. Adult Gero Primary Care.

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Specializes in Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care.

I'm sure you can find jobs in internal medicine as a primary care NP. There's a big need. I'm not sure of the offers though since I'm not that sort of NP.

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Specializes in Psychiatry.

There's a big need! Too many people doing FNP and psych. Those areas are getting saturated. The number of AGNPS is actually going down. 

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Specializes in Home Health, Primary Care.

I found a job in both internal medicine primary care and will be moving on to long term care. I am an adult-gero primary care NP. 

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@SierraM, did you end up  enrolling in a AGNP program?  Primary care? I see Davita hires NPs. Not sure if the role focuses only on renal care or not.  

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I was told FNP is the way to go because it would be easier to find a position. I would think an FNP can work in the role of AGPC-NP, and this would saturate this area as well. 

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