Nurse practitioner

Well, I am currenlty in FNP school...Correct me if Im wrong, but I believe you can teach with an FNP degree. A professor of mine had her MSN in FNP. Also, cant you obtain the psych qualificiation/certification if you finish your FNP? Just seems like you could kill a couple of birds with one stone, if you're interested in all those areas. I dont know though, just my thoughts! Good luck in whatever you decide to do!

Post-master's certificate

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Well, I am currenlty in FNP school...Correct me if Im wrong, but I believe you can teach with an FNP degree. A professor of mine had her MSN in FNP. Also, cant you obtain the psych qualificiation/certification if you finish your FNP? Just seems like you could kill a couple of birds with one stone, if you're interested in all those areas. I dont know though, just my thoughts! Good luck in whatever you decide to do!

If you are a FNP then you can teach with that qualification (because you will probably have at least an MSN) and at some point you can take more classes and get a psych certification (depending on what your going to do with it) and then at some point if you wish to go back and get a doctorate you could get a doctorate in Nursing Education too if you want.

!Chris

My plan is to get my FNP and nurse educator certificate simultaneously (it is only a few extra classes for the educator cert). Once I am in practice if I am seeing a lot of psych patients, I might get the post masters certificate for PMHNP. I decided not to go that route straight away because I feel the FNP opens up more doors for me. I have also heard that the PMHNPs do mostly med management and not much therapy, which would be my main interest in being a psych NP, so that was a turn off from doing the PMHNP alone.

From what I have seen in my area in the classifieds (there are several well-known colleges/universities around here), most prefer you to have your MSN/PhD and be some type of NP. I imagine because that way, they can utilize you not only for the undergrad programs, but also for the grad programs, too.

ETA: I have not seen one university job description that has asked for specifically an MSN in nursing education. They have specified for NPs, though.

Is there an option for a post masters in phych? That might be more useful..All of the listing near me ask for a MSN. The few extra classes and extra money might not be necessary for the educato certr.

My plan is to get my FNP and nurse educator certificate simultaneously (it is only a few extra classes for the educator cert). Once I am in practice if I am seeing a lot of psych patients, I might get the post masters certificate for PMHNP. I decided not to go that route straight away because I feel the FNP opens up more doors for me. I have also heard that the PMHNPs do mostly med management and not much therapy, which would be my main interest in being a psych NP, so that was a turn off from doing the PMHNP alone.