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**************, Director of Women's Health for Rutgers DNP program instructed me otherwise. Are you certain this is the case in NJ? ***************is a reliable source.

Hello all, I wanted to leave an update as I was able to find some information from the director of Women's Health at my program in NJ: If you are trained as an FNP, you are not eligible to sit for the WHNP licensing exam. If you are licensed as an FNP, you are trained to meet Women's Health needs, but in order to keep your license in good standing you must work for 1000 hours/year as an FNP. Also, the WHNP is a much more extensive training, and as such, is better preparation. Having to work 1000 hours a year as an FNP makes it impossible to work full time as a WHNP. This is how it is in NJ, and is different from state to state. My school is in the process of integrating with another school which has a WHNP program, and hopefully they will integrate the WHNP program in. Otherwise I will have to transfer. Thanks to all for your help with this.

Thanks so much for the reply, it makes me hopeful. I have tried to find the information on the NJBON site with no luck. I have reached out to the Director of the Women's Health Program at my school.

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Hello, I am in a post-BSN to DNP program...When I applied, I applied for the Women's Health DNP which is where my interests are. That very year the school eliminated their Women's Health Program and I was accepted instead into the Family NP Program. I have heard that the program you are in determines the license exam you sit for (adult NP Program=adult NP licensing exam) and that you have to practice according to the license you receive (adult NP license=adult nurse practitioner). I have also heard stories about NPs who were licensed as adult NPs and wanted to practice women's health and had to work a certain amount of hours in adult health to maintain their license. I have been trying to find answers for weeks, as I am reluctant to continue much further in my program until this is confirmed (I completed first year). My advisor said that I could practice women's health with a family license (which I knew) but she could not confirm whether, if I am licensed in family practice, I will need to also work in family practice to maintain my license. I just really need to know if I will have to work as a Family NP in order to maintain my license, or if I can work exclusively in women's health with a family NP license. Please help! Thanks! Kim