New NP going into nephrology

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Hello, so I just got offered a position at an educational institution seeing patients for outpatient dialysis. I graduated in June 2017 and this will be my first job. The nephrologist said he would train me for 3-6months and go from there depending on my comfort level. I'm still filling out paperwork and doing background check, so I won't start for another month or two. I plan to just review all things renal in the meantime. Can anyone tell me what their day is like as a nephrology NP? Do you have any suggestions/advice/tips regarding this specialty as well as starting out as a new NP? Thank you so much.

Thanks for your reply. I get confused there, I cannot take the AANP-AGNP board exam? My program was MSN-FNP and I do not think I can work with pediatric and that was the rotation that I did not like most.

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can I work in nephrology clinic like round in dialysis centers and do chronic orders even if I have FNP license? SOrry I am a bit confused there.

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Your degree is FNP, therefore you can only take FNP certifcation exam. If you try applying for AGNP exam, it will be rejected.

https://www.aanpcert.org/resource/documents/AGNP FNP Candidate Handbook.pdf

Yes you can work in nephrology clinic with an FNP. I dont think you need to worry. Take the FNP exam. Find a job in nephrology. You don't need to work with pediatrics.

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11 hours ago, penNpaper said:

Your degree is FNP, therefore you can only take FNP certifcation exam. If you try applying for AGNP exam, it will be rejected.

https://www.aanpcert.org/resource/documents/AGNP FNP Candidate Handbook.pdf

Yes you can work in nephrology clinic with an FNP. I dont think you need to worry. Take the FNP exam. Find a job in nephrology. You don't need to work with pediatrics.

Oh great! My current hospital is hiring 1 Nephrology NP job. I have been in the hospital for 8 yrs and 6 years of which in dialysis. I wanted to continue working there as an NP and I hope they will hire me considering I am FNP not an ACNP. Our PA sees our patient in the chronic unit and LTAC (long term acute care) patients but I don't think she rounds when her patients get admitted. We do not have NPs' all we have are Attending, Nephrology fellow- first year & second years, and 1- PA.

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Hi All,

 

I have not updated this post for so long.  I'm already an NP working in a primary care clinic and urgent care.  I have been working in a primary care for almost 1 yr this coming April.   I got accepted to work with a nephrologist who is a visiting doctor in one of the hospitals here and has privileges to visit in Fresenius Dialysis units.  I am excited to go back to Nephrology!

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