Nurse Practitioners: A Rewarding Career
Advanced skills offer potential nurse practitioners a rewarding career path. [1] High demand registered nurse openings start at around $68,000 annually. However, nurse practitioner salaries are higher. Specialty nurses enjoy increased career challenges and opportunities.
Each state regulates specialty nurse practices independently. However, nursing advocates currently lobby the government to allow specialty practitioners to deliver service to the full scope of their abilities throughout the United States, which will offer specialty nurses even more opportunities. Among the following ten specialties, fledgling advanced practitioners and might find their calling.
10. Gerontological Nurse Practitioner
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The nurses monitor patients, prescribe medicine and deliver cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy. The many responsibilities involved in the specialty provide many challenges and rewards.
8. Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP)
Adult Nurse Practitioners deliver services to client aged 12 and over. The specialty primarily involves preventative wellness and chronic illness management. Although interest in the field exists among many advanced nursing candidates, institutions prefer to roll the practice into the gerontological specialty.
7. Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP)
Emergency Nurse Practitioners treat trauma and injury victims. The specialists must quickly identify and resolve lethal health related problems. ENPs work in many settings and service patients of all ages.
6. Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
Family Nurse Practitioners typically serve as a primary care provider guided by a physician. The nurses serve clients throughout their lifespans, diagnosing illness, performing routine exams and prescribing medications. Some Family Nurse Practitioners work independent from a physician and run their own private offices.
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They conduct therapy for various conditions, such as anxiety and depression. PNPs also help client family members through dealing with patients’ mental health symptoms.
1. Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse Practitioner (NNP)
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse Practitioners deliver services to premature and critically ill newborns and commonly work in a hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). NNPs provide immediate service for the children, typically connecting them to lifesaving technology, such as breathing apparatus and intravenous feeding systems, which helps to incubate the patients until their conditions improve. Under physician guidance, NNPs also provide ongoing infant care and educate new mothers about childcare.
In league with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN Consensus Model, some states have adjusted their regulations to allow nurse specialists to practice independent of a physician. [2] The organization promotes nationally standardized credentialing that will allow advanced practice nurses to deliver full service in any
Each state regulates specialty nurse practices independently. However, nursing advocates currently lobby the government to allow specialty practitioners to deliver service to the full scope of their abilities throughout the United States, which will offer specialty nurses even more opportunities. Among the following ten specialties, fledgling advanced practitioners and might find their calling.
10. Gerontological Nurse Practitioner
Today, many nurse practitioner work under …show more content…
The nurses monitor patients, prescribe medicine and deliver cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy. The many responsibilities involved in the specialty provide many challenges and rewards.
8. Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP)
Adult Nurse Practitioners deliver services to client aged 12 and over. The specialty primarily involves preventative wellness and chronic illness management. Although interest in the field exists among many advanced nursing candidates, institutions prefer to roll the practice into the gerontological specialty.
7. Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP)
Emergency Nurse Practitioners treat trauma and injury victims. The specialists must quickly identify and resolve lethal health related problems. ENPs work in many settings and service patients of all ages.
6. Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
Family Nurse Practitioners typically serve as a primary care provider guided by a physician. The nurses serve clients throughout their lifespans, diagnosing illness, performing routine exams and prescribing medications. Some Family Nurse Practitioners work independent from a physician and run their own private offices.
5. Dermatology Nurse …show more content…
They conduct therapy for various conditions, such as anxiety and depression. PNPs also help client family members through dealing with patients’ mental health symptoms.
1. Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse Practitioner (NNP)
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse Practitioners deliver services to premature and critically ill newborns and commonly work in a hospital neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). NNPs provide immediate service for the children, typically connecting them to lifesaving technology, such as breathing apparatus and intravenous feeding systems, which helps to incubate the patients until their conditions improve. Under physician guidance, NNPs also provide ongoing infant care and educate new mothers about childcare.
In league with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing APRN Consensus Model, some states have adjusted their regulations to allow nurse specialists to practice independent of a physician. [2] The organization promotes nationally standardized credentialing that will allow advanced practice nurses to deliver full service in any