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My current preceptor spoke to me about nurse practitioner education and I thought I'd share. Other medical providers are trained to take care of all ages, so why wouldn't nurse practitioners also be trained to learn to take care of all ages? Specialization in other areas can still be obtained with additional training/certification. However, standardized/baseline training of all ages should be required. It could prevent issues about ER needing FNP and ACNP. What would be the disadvantage?

Thank you for the input about teaching in each state. ☺️

Thank you for all for taking time to respond! So even after a few replies we have removed Washington from our list and moved our #3 spot, Nevada, up to the top 2. Thanks ThatBigGuy for the insight to teaching in New Mexico, the hubby appreciates it.

What narrowed down our choices were an area with four seasons, different landscape (mountains or lush greenery), different culture, np state practice environment, teacher needs (he is going for middle school math and bilingual/Spanish), option for slower pace than DFW, housing style and market. We have considered taxes etc. I know New Mexico and Washington state are different and we have researched, but yals (Texan in me) input adds to things for us to consider í ½í¸Š

Im from DFW area. So far ABQ and Santa Fe have peaked my interest, but I am open to other places in NM. We are looking for mountains, four seasons...honestly just a change of environment.

Hello, First time posting. So here is my situation. My husband and I want to move out of Texas for a fresh start as we will both be completing our degree in 2019. He will complete his teaching degree in late 2019, and I am set to graduate with my FNP in May 2019. We have to pick which state to move to by Feb 2019 so his student teaching can be arranged in whatever state we plan to move to. Then we will move in June/July to wherever his student teaching placement is. I will work on getting my NP license and "ducks in a row" once we move. We have narrowed it down to Washington state or New Mexico. Now here is my questions, as a new FNP which state would offer more? Is Washington state over saturated with NPs? Any input on either state would be greatly appreciated, career or life style wise