What are Nurse Practitioners?

Question

Like what are they? their purpose?

Answer 1

People who are at times smarter than Doctors.

Answer 2

Nurse Practitioners are advanced practice nurses.  They have a master's degree in nursing and are able to treat and manage a variety of medical conditions in patients along a spectrum of ages.  They can specialize (like in women's health or cardiology) or generalize (family practice).  

They are also able to prescribe medications.



They are considered a mid-level provider - in the same class as a physician's assistant (high level provider would be a doctor).

Just as a FYI -- it isn't a couple extra classes -- it is a minimum of two full years of studies with rotations in different specialities (peds, family, adult, women's health) and intensive classes on medical management including pharmacology.

Answer 3

Medical Hierarchy:

Doctor

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Nurse Practitioner

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Nurse

Answer 4

Nurse Practitioner is a nurses who is licensed and finished there training and they can legally administer drugs.

Answer 5

nurses who are legally allowed to administer and prescribe drugs

Answer 6

they are more qualified than nurses but less qualified than doctors.  They can take a lot more responsibility than regular nurses.

Answer 7

They are nurses who took a couple extra classes so they could prescribe prescriptions without a doctor.  In my opinion they are usually better than the actual doctor.