meghanq21

I realize I will need to work for a few years as an ANP in the ER or somewhere before I could even consider going to the ICU. I'm just trying to determine if being an ANP is going to rule out critical care in the future because why else would the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner programs exist?

Nickilaughs is correct after the 1st year of the program (3 years total) you sit for the NCLEX then proceed in the grad program as an RN assuming you pass the NCLEX (the pass rate for this program is over 86%).

I've read that ANP can further specialize in many areas including acute care. There is NO ACNP program in the state of maine (where I am now). So, if ANP's can't work in critical care who's working in the ICU's in Maine and the other states that don't have ACNP programs? I wasn't expecting to go straight from school into the ICU with no experience. I just wanted to know if doing an ANP program is going to rule out a acute or critical care position. Then I know to leave state for an ACNP program if need be. Out of state tuition for masters programs cost more the double in state tuition this is what I'm trying to avoid.

Is there any way to do the ANP program and then do an internship of some sort in acute care to work in the ICU?

I would want to work in Maine, New York or FL. I do not have my RN. I have a bachelors degree in a pre-med science field. There is a program at Univeristy of Southern Maine nursing school that offers a masters in nursing (either FNP, ANP or psych) to people who do not have an RN but a bachelors in a medical field instead. That is what I'm looking into. THis is the only way for me to become an NP before 2015 and be grandfathered in under the new laws requiring nurse practitioners to be DNPs. The program is 3 years. The first year is basically an accelerated nursing bachelors and the last 2 are the grad school years.

Can anyone tell me if ANPs can work in the ICU and what the likelihood of finding such a position is. I'm currently looking into a program for a masters in nurse practitioning for students with bachelors degrees in a non-nursing field. The program only offers ANP, FNP and psych though. I wanted to be able to work in the ICU or another critical care setting in case I someday decide to go back for nurse anesthesia. Would it be possible to obtain an ICU position as an ANP because the program does not offer ACNP?

Does anyone know what the likelihood of obtaining an ICU or other critical care position is as an Adult Nurse Practitioner. I'm trying to decide on a masters program. The school I'm interested offers a masters in nursing for people with a non nursing bachelors, but it's only available in ANP, FNP, or pscyh. I want to be able to work in the ICU. Would this be possible as an ANP or do they only hire ACNP?