Searching for Nephrology NP program?

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I am an acute dialysis nurse. I want to become a nurse practitioner and stay in nephrology. Does anyone know about a program anywhere in the US that does this speciality? Thanks in advance.

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Hi,

I work as an NP in Nephrology.

To my knowledge there is not a 'speciality' available as an NP in Nephro. To become an NP in an area of specialization one needs to sit for a formal board exam. I don't think there is one for nephrology as it would really limit your realm of practice and what if you wanted to venture into another area. You might be limited by your certification.

Nephrology usually also emcompasses HTN so it would likely be that you might spend a semester with a Neprho group or similar while you are in training, but you would sit for the acute care boards.

Not sure if this is true but I've yet to see any board cert. Nephro NP's.

Good luck.

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

here is a link to the nephrology nursing certification commission

http://www.nncc-exam.org/cnnnp/index.html

cnn-np eligibility criteria

  1. the applicant must hold a full and unrestricted license as a registered nurse in the united states, or its territories and be nationally certified as a nurse practitioner.
  2. the applicant must possess a minimum of a master’s of science degree in nursing.
  3. the applicant must have a minimum of 2000 hours as a nephrology nurse-nurse practitioner within two years prior to submitting this application.
  4. the applicant must have completed sixty contact hours of approved continuing education credit in nephrology within two years prior to submitting this application.

hope this helps.

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^ when you say nephrology nurse does that include dialysis nursing?

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

This thread is discussing advanced practice nursing in nephrology practices. It usually means doing CKD (chronic kidney disease) education in an office, seeing office pts and most importantly, rounding on chronic hemodialysis pts in an outpt setting. CMS governs our world of reimbursement since ESRD (end stage renal disease) is one of the diagnoses that auto-qualifies you for Medicare coverage regardless of age.

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