Family Nurse Practitioner Career Information
Nurse practitioners provide basic primary healthcare. They diagnose and treat common acute illnesses and injuries. Nurse practitioners also can prescribe medications(but certification and licensing requirements vary by State.
Within patient care, nurses can advance to clinical nurse specialist, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or certified registered nurse anesthetist. These positions require 1 or 2 years of graduate education, leading to a master's degree or, in some instances, to a certificate.
For more career information see the Bureau
of Labor Statistics site.
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