Can AGNP's work in women's health settings?

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Can AGNP's work in women's health settings?

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Moved to Student NP forum. Can you please add some details so we can better answer your question? Thanks.

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I’m just evaluating my options for what specialty to choose for NP school. I have a lot of interests and I’m trying to to choose specialty that could cover as many interests as possible to give me freedom in my career to do different things. I’m interested in primary care clinics, surgical settings, and women’s health (for example I saw an opening for a fertility NP and I could maybe see myself doing that). The only thing that doesn’t really interest me is working with children, so I thought AGPCNP would be a great option if they can also work in women’s health settings. My nursing background is in women’s health and it would be hard to accept the idea that I couldn’t return to it someday if I chose to.

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Specializes in Midwife, OBGYN.
12 hours ago, dana16 said:

I’m just evaluating my options for what specialty to choose for NP school. I have a lot of interests and I’m trying to to choose specialty that could cover as many interests as possible to give me freedom in my career to do different things. I’m interested in primary care clinics, surgical settings, and women’s health (for example I saw an opening for a fertility NP and I could maybe see myself doing that). The only thing that doesn’t really interest me is working with children, so I thought AGPCNP would be a great option if they can also work in women’s health settings. My nursing background is in women’s health and it would be hard to accept the idea that I couldn’t return to it someday if I chose to.

The short answer is that you can. I have a few people in my program that are interested in women’s health but are in the AGPC tract but they plan on focusing on just women’s health upon graduation so they will focus on finding a position in a women’s healthcare setting. The only differences between a AGPC and a WHNP is that you will be able to see both men and women but a WHNP has more hours studying women’s health related medical issue and our rotations are only in women’s primary healthcare settings since we don’t have to split our time between women and men.

In some states I will be able to prescribe for a male partner on STI related issues without having to see him under the expedited partner therapy law.

If you have no interest in working with children then obtaining your AGPC is a great plan while still keeping your options open to work with different populations. I have always been an advocate for obtaining the degree that suits your interest. It has been argued ad nauseum even in my own program whether it is better to obtain a FNP so you are well rounded and can see multiple populations. But my argument is that if you know which population you want to work with I would rather get more hours and more in-depth study with that population instead. I can always go back for a post masters if there is a population that I want to work with that I can’t see with my current degree. For me that will most likely be a PNP since I might want to also see children rather then just newborns in the future.

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Women's health yes, OB no. I am interested in women's health but every women's health job I've come across so far also has an OB aspect... so unfortunately I can't apply to those.

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Specializes in Home Health, Geriatrics, Women's Health, Addiction.
On 4/2/2019 at 7:27 PM, dana16 said:

I’m just evaluating my options for what specialty to choose for NP school. I have a lot of interests and I’m trying to to choose specialty that could cover as many interests as possible to give me freedom in my career to do different things. I’m interested in primary care clinics, surgical settings, and women’s health (for example I saw an opening for a fertility NP and I could maybe see myself doing that). The only thing that doesn’t really interest me is working with children, so I thought AGPCNP would be a great option if they can also work in women’s health settings. My nursing background is in women’s health and it would be hard to accept the idea that I couldn’t return to it someday if I chose to.

I am adult gero primary care and I work in women's health. There's a learning curve as is with all specialties but population is covered under license and like you, had interest and background in women's health.

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Thanks for responding to this @adreamdeferred!  I know this post was from 2019, but I'm starting an AGPCNP program.  I'm currently an OBGYN RN and would like to stay in this field.  What was your experience like finding work as an AGPCNP in Women's Health?  

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adreamdeferred said:

I am adult gero primary care and I work in women's health. There's a learning curve as is with all specialties but population is covered under license and like you, had interest and background in women's health.

What is your job and role?

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