Pros And Cons Of Being A Nurse Practitioner

I understand your view but I don’t think it is realistic. In many states, Nurse Practitioners (NPs) work under a physician. As far as these specialties go, I don't see NPs getting paid the same as doctors for a few reasons. First, there are few specialty NPs versus primary care NPs not to mention even fewer those who are doing their own practice independently. Second, doctors have more knowledge than a nurse practitioner and although as NPs we run into more and more complex issues where we do not have enough knowledge to solve. And lastly, in primary care clinic, doesn’t a medical assistant do the same job as a nurse? However, because the nurse goes to more extent schooling, would it be fair to pay them the same salary? Because of doctors ‘extensive