Fnp in er for clinicals??

[DeeRN,BSN]

Hey all!, I am going to start the FNP program this fall with Drexel University and I was wondering if anyone, with any FNP program, has had any clinical time in an ER. My goal is to have the ER as an option for work after I graduate and I wanted to know if it was beneficial to do a clinical rotation there, or do I have to stick with doctor offices? TIA!!

[Jules A, MSN]

I did a FNP clinical in the ED with a physician and loved it! Keep in mind most places won't hire FNPs in the actual ED. Some will allow them to work in the urgent care section and other hospitals staff mostly with PAs. If you have ED experience as a RN your contacts will be helpful and if there is someone who will agree to precept you I would go for it.

[DeeRN,BSN]

I did a FNP clinical in the ED with a physician and loved it! Keep in mind most places won't hire FNPs in the actual ED. Some will allow them to work in the urgent care section and other hospitals staff mostly with PAs. If you have ED experience as a RN your contacts will be helpful and if there is someone who will agree to precept you I would go for it.

I thought most ED's would hire FNP's since they have peds training, rather than ACNP's that do not. I could be wrong but that's what I was informed

[Jules A, MSN]

I thought most ED's would hire FNP's since they have peds training, rather than ACNP's that do not. I could be wrong but that's what I was informed

It might be different in your area but in my area they really don't want either although I would guess FNPs would have more abilities than a strictly Adult NP. They want Acute Care or Emergency. There was one FNP I knew who did the fast track in the ED but she had been around a long time and talked her way into that spot as both the hospitals where I work now use more PAs or Docs.

This might be a decent general thread but for all FNPs students definitely do your homework before starting this path because there seems to still be some delusions that FNPs "can do anything" and that simply isn't the truth. I was most appreciative of my program when it was announced in my first course that if we wanted to work inpatient they advised the Acute Care track rather than FNP.

[applesxoranges, BSN, RN]

I think it depends of the physician group. Current group here prefers only PAs and we have just one. The other group in the system has FNPs and they see all ages and all types of patients from chest pain to quick care. The hospital I worked at before had FNPs and PNPs for the pediatric care area and they liked to have FNPs who could see more patients at night should the doctor get trapped in a code/trauma.