Nurse Practitioner Research Paper

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Nurse Practitioner Kelly Goolsby Health Science 4th Block What do I want to be when I grow up? I want to be a nurse practitioner. What is a nurse practitioner? A nurse practitioner or an “NP” is an advanced nurse or an “RN”. Nurse practitioners have many responsibilities that range from taking care of patients to treating them. NPs make a lot of money. It takes years to become a NP. Nurse practitioners have been around for a while. To start off a nurse practitioner is basically an advanced nurse. A nurse practitioner can help with diagnoses, treatment, and consultation. They are allowed to work alone or in a treatment team. A nurse practitioner can work with inpatients and outpatients. Some important tasks of an “NP” would be educating patients, preventive care, prescribing medicine and treatment, conduct physicals, order tests, or to…show more content…
Nurse practitioners get paid pretty well. “In 2012, nurse practitioners made a median of $89,960. The highest-paid ten percent earned $120,500 and the lowest-paid ten percent earned $69,100.”(Nurse Practitioner: Salary.2012). In 2012 a nurse practitioner’s salary averaged around $91,450. Today a nurse practitioners salary averages around $110,000. A psychiatric nurse practitioner’s salary averages around $97,000. A family nurse practitioner’s salary averages around $78,000. A pediatric nurse practitioner’s salary averages around $91,000. A neonatal nurse practitioner’s salary averages around $81,000. An oncology nurse practitioner’s salary averages around $79,000. A dermatology nurse practitioner’s salary averages around $103,000. An orthopedic nurse practitioner’s salary averages around $78,200. An obgyn nurse practitioner’s salary averages around $87,550. Also a nurse practitioner can be an entrepreneur, therefor they can own their own business. They can own a nurse practitioner practice. This will also take some time and money but it will increase your
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