Interested in cardiology, any point in getting an FNP?

[Joe NightingMale]

Hopefully my last post for a while, if I can get an answer to this question:

If one is interested in a specialty area (like cardiology) and serious conditions (like CHF) and has little interest in primary care, does it make sense to go for an FNP (or ANP, GNP, etc...) or should one try the ACNP instead?

Done a lot of thinking about what I've heard and what I like to do, and I've decided I want to work as an NP in specialty area, probably cardiology. Got interested during a rotation in the CCU working with a patient with CHF. Don't want to see kids, don't want to see dozens of patients per day, don't want do deal with illnesses that don't interest me.

So naturally I'm looking at the ACNP. But I know that other NPs work in specialty areas sometimes too, and ACNP programs aren't exactly common. I'd have greater choices (and probably a lesser cost) if I went to one of the many FNP programs in this area.

So what do people here think? I'm flexible about working in a clinic vs a hospital, and I don't care if I work late hours or oncall.

Thanks

[Joe NightingMale, MSN, RN]

Honestly Joe if you're as conflicted about it as you seem to be from all your posts (you don't seem any closer to a decision than you were months ago, although that perception may be incorrect) - then I think you're wise to hold off. Particularly if you've only been a nurse for a year.. take some time to work out what you want to do before committing to grad school.

Yep...looked back on all the various posts it seems obvious I'm still not committed to a decision.

I have to admit I've never had that strong an attraction to the practitioner role. Mostly I've considered it because it seemed like a logical next step and most of my classmates are doing that.

I'd rather do something a little different, maybe something more intellectual and creative. We'll have to see.