Cardiology Nurse Practitioner Outlook

allnurses Guide · Jan 27, 2015

In my hospital, you'd admit and discharge patients, do H&Ps, round daily on patients and come up with daily plan in consultation with the cardiologists, enter orders, examine patients and write daily progress notes, provide education, write discharge summaries etc. Outlook in my area (SW Pennsylvania) is excellent - they can't hire enough ACNPs. Salary depends on what you talk HR into really - there's a wide range. As a new NP, our range is around 32-50/hr (cost of living is low in this area). We work 4 x 10hr shifts per week mostly, some departments do 3 x 12s. You could also work in a CTICU, a lot of places now are staffing ICUs with ACNPs in conjunction with intensivists.

NucRN · Feb 4, 2015

Job outlook should be good. In the NW, there's a limited number of cardiologists for so many patients. Mid level providers are needed to help manage chronic conditions like heart failure. I've worked with many many cardiologist as an RN, and they just want to mess with this kind of stuff. They usually defer to the NP or PA.

nurselyfe4115 · Feb 4, 2015

Thanks so much for your responses! ghillbert, that sounds awesome and so like my dream job! My only concern (and fear) is that i'm in Missouri and we tend to "jump on the band wagon" a little later than other states. Where I work now, we have very little NPs that work in the hospital, and if they do, they're FNPs. So, I'm just hoping there will be a job available with Cardiology, in the hospital, when I graduate.

allnurses Guide · Feb 6, 2015

Many states are moving, due to the consensus model, to having ACNPs in the hospital and FNPs as outpatient (as per their education, training, and certification). As you say, though, you need to know your local market and what provider jobs are available.