Nurse Practitioner Education

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Nurse Practitioner Education::

Nurse Practitioner Education: Creating Opportunity for RNs

The Need for Skilled Healthcare Workers:

The Need for Skilled Healthcare Workers Previously , only doctors with a medical school degree could work as primary care providers health insurance providers across the country have begun recognizing nurse practitioners as primary care providers as well

What is a nurse practitioner?:

What is a nurse practitioner? RNs who have obtained: an advanced nurse practitioner education (a master’s degree) additional clinical training

One Nurse’s Experience:

One Nurse’s Experience “Typically patients come to me on a sick call and then they realize, ‘Wow, I like her. She’s nice. She knows what she’s doing,’” said Sarah Sturgis , who has her own roster of patients whose care she manages . “ Patients realize they are getting the same care, and it takes two seconds for me to pull a doctor in if I need to.”

What do patients think?:

What do patients think? many patients are more than willing to receive care from an educated nurse practitioner can equal more flexibility in scheduling appointments most of these patients feel that nurses can provide care just as good as, if not better than a doctor

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