Anyone work in a heart failure clinic?

[MJC2118, APRN]

Hello all. I have been working as an NP for the past 2 years, in a general cardiology clinic. I have recently come across a position opening in a heart failure clinic at a different facility. I was wondering if anyone could give me some insight as to what this may entail? As it sits now, my facility does not have a designated heart failure clinic. We do see heart failure patients, along with other general cardiology patients, but I know this would by quite different. Thanks!

[Rex_Rudolph_III_APRN]

I'm in general cardiology but work in the HF clinic every so often. Most of the time, we're titrating GDMT for heart failure, monitoring volume status, doing out-patient IV diuresis to prevent hospital admissions, following up on new-onset HF (determining etiology and next steps), working patients up for transplant and following up after transplant. I love it when I get to work there. It's a lot of fun because patients can improve so much when they're adherent to therapy.

[cardsFNP]

On 1/11/2020 at 11:45 PM, Rex_Rudolph_III_APRN said:

I'm in general cardiology but work in the HF clinic every so often. Most of the time, we're titrating GDMT for heart failure, monitoring volume status, doing out-patient IV diuresis to prevent hospital admissions, following up on new-onset HF (determining etiology and next steps), working patients up for transplant and following up after transplant. I love it when I get to work there. It's a lot of fun because patients can improve so much when they're adherent to therapy.

@Rex_Rudolph_III_APRN What is your certification in if you don't mind me asking? ACNP? FNP/AGPCNP? How did you go about getting those positions? I love cardiology and hope to work in that setting when I graduate.