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Fair point, I have a back up plan. I understand it is difficult to land those residency/fellowship positions. Let's assume I was accepted into a fellowship, would that prepare me and qualify me to take care of acute patients in the ER? I know this will be a small sample size, considering the few ER NP residencies out there are, but has anyone on here done and ER residency? That's probably what I should've started with.

Hello everyone, This my first post, but I am a long time lurker. I have a question regarding FNPs working in ERs. I am finishing my FNP program and am interested in working in the ER. I understand my training is not in acute care but primary care. I know FNPs can work in the ER in certain states, but I am concerned about liability issues. If I were to complete a resodency/fellowship NP ER program, do you think that would be sufficient to fill in the gap of knowledge/skill? Or do you think a post masters in ACNP would still be necessary? I never went through an ACNP program, but I'm pretty sure the fellowship would be even better than a ACNP post masters program. The residency/fellowships look intense with a didactic and clinical portion, plus all of them have the Fellows/residents taking call during the year or 18 months. Anyways, thanks in advance for the responses.