Nurse+Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner
== ﻿  **Define:** **Nurse practitioners are registered nurses, who are prepared, through clinical training, and** **education.**==

== **Salary:** A [|nurse practitioner] salary is starting from 57,000 to 75,000 dollars. Hourly they make 27.40 to 36.06 dollars. If you are a full time nurse practitioner you can get paid up to 86,486 dollars a year. ==



** Outlook: The outlook on this job is 4 stars. **


==** Education: To be a nurse practitioner you have to have 6 + years of education in college. You need to complete a[| bachelor’s of nursing], complete a master’s degree in your field of study, be licensed as a nurse, and have work experience. **==

==** Colleges: **** Some colleges, you can go to are [|The University at Texas in Arlington]; they have programs where you can get a degree you want specifically. Then there is [|Texas Tech Health Science center]; they have programs to be a any specific nurse practitioner you want to be or you can go to the [|University at Austin.] ** ==

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==** Career Opportunities: ** ** Approximately 60 t0 80 percent of primary and preventive care are performed by nurse practitioners. The growing emphasis on prevention and public health will continue to create excellent job opportunities for NPs. ** ==

== **Where they work** ** : ** They work in hospitals; care clinics, private practice offices, and schools. They work under the rules and regulations of the [|Nurse Practice Act of the State of Texas.] == ==  ==

== ** More about Nurse Practitioners: ** You have to have strong interpersonal skills, and you need to be sensible to others people’s feelings. Theyprovide high-quality, cost-effective care for patients, families and communities. They take and provide complete physical examinations, diagnose and treat many common acute and chronic problems. They can too prescribe medications, like doctors. ==



** Why bother to pick this job: I picked this job, because you don’t have too much school like a doctor, and you can almost do the same things they can do, and it depends where you work; where they might pay you more than a doctor. **