Nurse Practitioner

A nurse practitioner is an advanced practice registered nurse who has received special courses and training, often specializing in specific types of practice such as pediatrics, psychiatry, or obstetrics. They have provided a vast amount of services in both acute, chronic, and community settings, making their presence in the health care system essential. They are also expected to become even more crucial to health care delivery. Nurse practitioners are very well needed in our society. They can provide what a patient might think they could only get from a doctor. They can meet the medical needs and provide important health education to help us be our best.
Nurse practitioners do more than you’d actually think. They diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a health care team. They may focus on health promotion and disease prevention. May order, perform, or interpret diagnostics tests such as lab work and x-rays and provide services such as health and wellness counseling, screening and referrals, and physical exams. They also may prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies based on patient characteristics such as age and gender. They analyze and interpret patients, histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostics information to develop appropriate diagnoses. As well as provide primary and some acute care and are qualified to meet the majority of patient’s health care needs.
Their work environments include a physician’s office, hospitals, nursing care facilities, schools, and clinics. Nurse midwives also work in birthing centers. Some may even treat patients in the comfort of their patient’s home. Also, they may travel long distances to help care to patients in places wh...

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...vide primary and some acute care and are qualified to meet the majority of patient’s health care needs. They mostly work in offices of physicians and spend most of their day on their feet. They must have a master’s degree, the right personality, and the right skills that fit a nurse practitioner. This career pays an average of $89,960 per year and the job outlook is very bright for the future. It will all pay off in the end.

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