Any NP interest in an EM residency?

[physasst]

Thinking of starting an EM residency for PA's at our institution, and have gotten a few inquiries from NP's in our department about the ability for NP's to complete it. I'm not aware of any NP residencies, and if there are, what kind of accreditation would be needed, and would there be any interest in the general NP community in completing one?

Thoughts?

[CraigB-RN, MSN, RN]

...huh?

Can you be more specific and cite some examples rather than just generalizations?

I think if you go over and look at posts in this thread and in others, the examples are there. Look at how TX is treating FNP's now. No more inpatient care, because it wasn't covered in their basic program, and then come up here to GA and there are FNP's taking care of inpatients all over the place. Boards of Nursing are notorious for shooting nurses in the foot. BON are there to "protect" the community, not look out or advance nursing.

When I make recomendations to young nurses, I tell them to look into PA school, now when I'm making suggestions to fellow old farts, I recoment NP school. It's a time and cost return thing. Personally the only people who got it any were close to being right are the CRNA's. But even there, I know there are problems. I can remember when some states didn't allow CRNA's to do regional anesthesia.

OK now that this thread has been hijacked, I think that speciallized residency programs are a good idea. This would allow the generalist education with specialized focus after. Might balance out some of the naysayers.

[JDCitizen]

Took me awhile to remember about this program. Not an advertisement just adding another opportunity to the discussion.

Postgraduate Residency in Trauma and Surgical Critical Care for Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners...

In case the link is not allowed its at St. Luke's PA

http://www.mystlukesonline.org/for-healthcare-professionals/resident-education/trauma-critical-care/physician-assistants-nurse-practitioners/index.aspx