TXRNblue

I work in a cardiology practice. Primarily outpatient, but we do provide coverage for the hospital as well so it's about an 80/20 split outpatient/inpatient. I do this with my supervising physician as Texas is not an independent practice state. I do have prescriptive authority and have a DEA license, however everything is done under the collaborating agreement that I have with the physician that I work with. Prior to this I was doing internal medicine in an LTAC. Many of my classmates and grads from my program are in LTAC, hospital based palliative care, working in SNFs (we're all AGCNS), or working in specialty practices like cardiology, endocrinology, or neurology. One reason I commented on this thread is that I wonder about my ability to find similar work if I were to leave Texas, or even my area of Texas. I have a friend who had a job offer in another part of Texas and they had never hired a CNS. The employer wanted her but the hospital didn't understand what do with her so she just moved on. Many people have no idea what a CNS is. My program is still graduating about 10 new grads every year. We all have found work doing what we wanted to do and I think we all agree that we received a great education. Still, I worry that I might be best off getting a post-MSN certification as an NP just in case I want to move to another area.

I'm interested in this thread because like the person from IL, I also work in a non traditional role. The program that I graduated from expected us to function in a provider role. I'm curious where other folks are working in this capacity. Are IL and Texas the only places?

Just curious if you have any updates? I am graduating with an AGCNS in May. I know the job market is rough right now.

Hi Mary Kate. I just sent you a request to be added to to Facebook group. I've been accepted into the AG CNS track. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

I got an email for the AG-CNS program as well. It sounded like we were supposed to reply to her email, but I got an out of the office message returned. Did this happen to you?

I'm glad I'm not the only one.

Hello! I am applying to the AE CNS program. I just wanted to join the discussion. Best of luck to everyone!