Becoming A Nurse Practitioner Essay

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A nurse practitioner (NP) is one who is qualified to treat certain medical conditions without the direct supervision of a doctor. Also known as a registered nurse. (RN) When one wants to become a nurse practitioner there is certain requirements that have to be met in order to be qualified. The minimum education required to become a NP is having a Master’s degree in nursing. As of this year, (2015) a doctoral degree will be required. The average education to become a NP is about five to seven years. This is adding up to the years of completed high school. There are many schools that offer NP training, such as, Maryville University or University of Cincinnati. Going to schools that offer this training can help gain experience to become NP. There are multiple prerequisites to becoming a NP. Overall, one of the main things …show more content…

For example : reading comprehension, active listening, and critical thinking. Reading comprehension is being able to understand the work related documents handed to you. Active listening is listening and giving attention to the person whether it's a patient or a coworker. This also means asking questions. Appropriate question that are related to the topic and asking them at appropriate times. Last is critical thinking, what that is, is when yourself as the NP is using logic to solve and figure out the problem. you're figuring out the weaknesses and strengths to solve the problems. These three are the main skills and/or talents require. The earnings for a nurse vary and depends where he or she is working. It also depends on the industry and the company size. The median annual wage is $97,990. The median hourly wage is $47.11 When entering this career the expenses that you have to have in porder is just normal expenses. such as personal bills. However, the expenses you do have to take care of is paying for the program you will be

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