AGNP or FNP: How to Choose?

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Presenters

• Timothy Legg, PhD, MS, CRNP, GNP-BC• Chair of Graduate Nursing Programs

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Topics to Be Covered

• AGNP vs. FNP – how are they alike; how are they different?

• Factors to consider with each career path• Focus on the AGNP – out of two; one• MS-AGNP vs. DNP-AGNP – which is right for me?• Questions about super-specialization – what is it?

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Specialties vs. Roles vs. Populations

Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification and Education (2008). Available at: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education/pdf/APRNReport.pdf.

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APRN Curriculum

Building an APRN Curriculum within the Consensus APRN Regulatory Model. Available at: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education/pdf/APRNReport.pdf.

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Out of Two: One

• Acute Care Nurse Practitioner • Adult Health Clinical Nurse Specialist • Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP-BC)• Adult Psychiatric & Mental Health Clinical

Nurse Specialist • Adult Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse

Practitioner • Child/Adolescent Psychiatric & Mental Health

Clinical Nurse Specialist • Gerontological Nurse Practitioner (GNP-BC)• Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist

Result= AGPCNP-BC

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FNP VS. AGNP

• BOTH are primary care certifications• Major consideration: population• Consider longitudinal career goals

Adult/Gerontology NP= 18.07% (total)Family NP= 55.12%

Advance for PA’s & NP’s. (2011). 2011 Nurse Practitioner Salary Report. Retrieved from http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Web-Extras/Online-Extras/2011-Nurse-Practitioner-Salary-Report.aspx

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Career Path—How Do I Choose?

• MS-AGNP vs. DNP-AGNP-Goals (or what do you want to do with it)-MS & the rumor of it being obliterated by 2015 is just that—a rumor

-If uncertain, go with higher degree

9Advance for PA’s & NP’s. (2012). 2012 NP & PA Salary By Academic Degree. Retrieved from http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Web-Extras/Online-Extras/2012-NP-PA-Salary-By-Academic-Degree.aspx

10Advance for PA’s & NP’s. (2012). 2012 NP & PA Salary By Academic Degree. Retrieved from http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Web-Extras/Online-Extras/2012-NP-PA-Salary-By-Academic-Degree.aspx

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Super-specialization

• Is it right for me?• The setting you ultimately want to work in will determine

it.• Your initial NP certification can often put you on your

way.

12Advance for PA’s & NP’s. (2012). Salary by practice setting. Retrieved from: http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Web-Extras/Online-Extras/2012-Salary-Results-by-Specialty-and-Setting.aspx

13Advance for PA’s & NP’s. (2012). Salary by practice setting. Retrieved from: http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Web-Extras/Online-Extras/2012-Salary-Results-by-Specialty-and-Setting.aspx

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Questions?

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References

1. Diagram 1: Consensus Model for APRN Regulation: Licensure, Accreditation, Certification and Education (2008). Available at: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education/pdf/APRNReport.pdf.

2. Diagram 2: Building an APRN Curriculum within the Consensus APRN Regulatory Model. Available at: http://www.aacn.nche.edu/education/pdf/APRNReport.pdf.

3. Advance for PA’s & NP’s. (2011). 2011 Nurse Practitioner Salary Report. Retrieved from http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Web-Extras/Online-Extras/2011-Nurse-Practitioner-Salary-Report.aspx

4. Advance for PA’s & NP’s. (2012). 2012 NP & PA Salary By Academic Degree. Retrieved from http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Web-Extras/Online-Extras/2012-NP-PA-Salary-By-Academic-Degree.aspx

5. Advance for PA’s & NP’s. (2012). Salary by practice setting. Retrieved from: http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.advanceweb.com/Web-Extras/Online-Extras/2012-Salary-Results-by-Specialty-and-Setting.aspx