Family vs Adult/Gero NP

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curious for some feedback.

i'm currently in np school part-time and am completing the general requirements (i.e., health policy, leadership, research, etc.). next fall we begin our more specialized classes (either adult/gero or family). i am vacillating between which one to pursue. my strongest area of interest is adult/gero as that is the population (mainly gero) with whom i currently work and greatly enjoy. i don't foresee myself working with children but i know the family track does a lot of family theory (which is important with gero because you deal with family a lot...) also, being younger in my career i do not want to close any doors prematurely. for example ten years down the road will i want to work in a primary clinic but not be able to because i am an anp, not a fnp? and is anyone aware of programs (like post-masters) that i could pursue to get a family accreditation down the road if i went with adult/gero at this time?

any feedback is appreciated.

thanks,

jd

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Specializes in Transgender Medicine.

I know they have them. I just can't remember where right now. But they aren't too hard to find. Have you asked your university what they offer? I'm going to South Alabama and they offer 4 or 5 post-master's certifications.

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Specializes in ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology.

There are post-master's FNP certificates everywhere so that you can sit for FNP certification. The trick is finding the one that will allow you to finish in the least amount of time since all you will be missing is the peds didactic and clinical component.

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

Might be easier to just do a peds PNP then at that point.

I did an adult health CNS then wanted to do an FNP but would have had to repeat everything (I'd been an APN for 4 years already at that point).

So. I did a peds CNS too.

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