Pain Management NP

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Anyone out there specialize in this field? Still exploring my options and this has been an interest of mine. Just curious as to what are the job specifics and which area do you practice in: hospital or clinic?

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I would think becoming a CRNA/NP combo would be great for pain management.

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I'm an NP student so I'm not an NP expert. I can say that I have worked in a Pain Management practice that employed NPs. They saw follow up patients for medication management, disability paperwork, ordering PT; consultations for spinal cord stimulators and medication pumps (morphine, baclofen), and being the one to refill those pumps. I have read some ads for jobs that say the NP might do some minor procedures like: trigger point injections, joint injections. The NPs I worked with didn't.

Also, where I was, they specifically said they would never employ a CRNA in their practice. The reason was strictly greed and not wanting a non-physician to encroach on "their" procedures.....where the $$$$ is at.

When I was an inpatient nurse, the Pain Management service had NPs and PAs. They would have their own pts, doing consults and rounds, and making adjustments on epidurals.

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Yeah...I have no desire to be CRNA. This info is very helpful though, thanks so much for your reply. I'm hopeful I will get the job

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Specializes in Internal medicine/critical care/FP.

the money is great in pain management. i dont think i could ever do it full time. maybe one or two weekends a month just for the extra cash. there are better ways to earn extra money though lol.

only downside is you will forget a lot of what you need to know doing pain management.

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