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Do you know what kind of PA he is?

How do NP programs vary between PNP and NNP? Also, I won't have my BSN until December 2014. I have heard that any NP program is going to a DNP "by 2015"... does that mean that it would be more worthwhile and less time consuming to go the PA route?

Oh, I forgot to mention that I am doing my RN-BSN this Spring which I will obtain by December 2014.

Hi all, I'm currently a working RN with my Associates and have been an ER nurse for 2 years. I've been searching and talking to NP's and PA's alike but am getting conflicting information and am unclear about which route I need to take to be able to get to the ultimate end result that I want which is to work as an advanced practitioner with generally healthy babies on a postpartum unit. I was told that a PA can work anywhere an MD or DO can work and therefore when a pediatrician comes up to see the newborns after delivery then they can obviously hire a PA if they choose to. I also was told by an NP in the ER setting that it might be better for me to go to a Pediatric NP school which will save time and money but I'm not sure they would be hired on a unit like that... I know that neonatal NP's are used all the time in NICU, but I'm not really looking to working with terminally sick kids on vents in the NICU or with older children over age 5. (Generally, a pediatrician office) Does anybody have any answers or any advice as to where I might be able to get some more information? I wouldn't even mind scrubbing and doing deliveries if I could do lady partsl deliveries and cesarean sections if that would be the majority of what the job entailed. Thank you so much!