Cardiology NP?

[JEKA]

I am a new FNP and just accepted a position with an interventional cardiologist:redbeathe one month ago. I am really excited about this opportunity and would love to learn more about it. Does anyone have any ideas, sites etc for me to review, study, learn etc. Also, is there a "cardiology certification" :redbeathe for NPs?

Thanks

[ghillbert, MSN, NP]

Please check your facts before telling someone they are wrong. I did not say CCRN was required, only that a specialty certification was required to attach the subspecialty certification to.

From aacn.org:

"These three-letter credentials may only be displayed with a clinical nursing specialty certification, attached by a dash, i.e., CCRN-CMC; or CCNS-CSC. If a person were to obtain both subspecialty credentials they could attach credentials to the same clinical nursing specialty certification, such as CCRN-CMC-CSC."

Looks like FNP/ACNP count as specialty certifications.

"CMC & CSC Exam Eligibility Requirements

• Current unencumbered RN or APRN license in the United States
  
• Current nationally accredited (NCCA or ABNS) clinical nursing specialty certification, such as CCRN, CCNS, PCCN, ACNPC, CEN, ACNP, FNP, CPAN, CRNA, CNOR, CRNFA, APRN, BC
  
• 1,750 hours in care of acutely/critically ill patients within the last 2 years preceding date of application, with 875 of those hours accrued in the most recent year preceding application; 875 of the 1,750 hours need to be in the care of:
  • acutely/critically ill cardiac patients - for CMC
    
  • cardiac surgery patients within the first 48 hours post-operatively - for CSC"

[DaisyRN, ACNP]

thanks for clarifying... good to know my acnp counts for something else!! :)

i may wait til next year to test... you know... more moolah and more knowledge under the belt.

[Corey Narry, MSN, RN, NP]

Please check your facts before telling someone they are wrong. I did not say CCRN was required, only that a specialty certification was required to attach the subspecialty certification to.

From aacn.org:

"These three-letter credentials may only be displayed with a clinical nursing specialty certification, attached by a dash, i.e., CCRN-CMC; or CCNS-CSC. If a person were to obtain both subspecialty credentials they could attach credentials to the same clinical nursing specialty certification, such as CCRN-CMC-CSC."

Looks like FNP/ACNP count as specialty certifications.

"CMC & CSC Exam Eligibility Requirements

• Current unencumbered RN or APRN license in the United States
  
• Current nationally accredited (NCCA or ABNS) clinical nursing specialty certification, such as CCRN, CCNS, PCCN, ACNPC, CEN, ACNP, FNP, CPAN, CRNA, CNOR, CRNFA, APRN, BC
  
• 1,750 hours in care of acutely/critically ill patients within the last 2 years preceding date of application, with 875 of those hours accrued in the most recent year preceding application; 875 of the 1,750 hours need to be in the care of:
  • acutely/critically ill cardiac patients - for CMC
    
  • cardiac surgery patients within the first 48 hours post-operatively - for CSC"

You may not have written that but that was how your previous post was understood based on the the impression I got from DaisyRN's response to it. Anyway, I should have responded to DaisyRN's post instead of yours.

[DaisyRN, ACNP]

yea, i misunderstood the first message... but now i know.

thanks!