I have been an adult/gero NP for 7 months now. Just got laid off from my first primary care office job when they realized that they didn't have enough patients and it was no longer financially feasible to keep me. I worked there for 7 months and have good references from them.
I immediately started looking for a new job, since I have a baby that's in daycare($$$) and it's hard to make ends meet with just one income from my husband. There are a lot of jobs out there but I don't want to just take any job that would pay the bills because it's my first year out of school and I don't want to be type-casted as "nursing home NP" or "homecare NP" or whatever that would get in the way of getting my ideal job in the future. I had this issue as an RN when I took a job in non-acute care position in my first year out of nursing school and couldn't even get an interview at a hospital after that.
My question is, what's a good field to go into that would not impede my career in primary care office position? Ideally, I want the same type of position I had. But there are jobs for NPs in sub-acute/LTC centers, homevisit NPs, urgent care NPs(most likely I don't qualify cause usually they want family and not adult np), insurance company NPs, etc....
I have an offer from a sub-acute/LTC center but I am afraid that if I work there for 1-2 years I will not be able to get a job in a regular primary care office. What are your experiences and thoughts on this??
The setting does not change the way a NP manages primary care. I do just as much primary care in a subacute/long term facility than I do in the office. Those patients still requiring monthly visits as well as sick visits. It truly doesn't change, just the setting.
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The setting does not change the way a NP manages primary care. I do just as much primary care in a subacute/long term facility than I do in the office. Those patients still requiring monthly visits as well as sick visits. It truly doesn't change, just the setting.