What's the difference between RN and nurse practitioner?

Question

I want a career in nursing ,but want to know the difference between a nursing practitioner and a registered nurse and what are the different responsibilities. Are theonline nursing programs any good, too? Aren't you supposed to have like a residency?

Answer 1

I am a recent nurse graduate. I attended a associate degree program in nyc. Now I am entitled to take the NCLEX, which is the exam which you need to pass in able to become a Registered Nurse or you can say "RN" which is just an abbreviation or nurse. The more technical term is Registered Nurse. The hospital volunteer guy is wrong.

So, that's a registered nurse, you have to have a degree, either 2 year, which is associates, 4 year, bachelors which is the best minimum education a nurse should have, and extra 2 to however many for a nurse practitioner. An associates degree is still acceptable and I am able to take the same test as a bachelor graduate, but more education is better. Some facilities don't take associates degree, just some though.

As a nurse practitioner, you will have a specialty, many of them to choose from such as family NP, pediatric NP, Psych NP, etc. You are able to prescribe meds, just as the others have said. NP's usually work with an MD. Some states allow NP's to work independently, meaning you can have your own Nurse practitioner clinic, like a doctor's clinic. NP's are still RN's so they do bedside care as well. NP's usually have a higher salary. Other types of higher educ. RN's are midwives and nurse anesthetists.

There are soooooooo many Nursing types. Some of them still surprises me, like forensic nursing. Nurses do paperwork and patient care. If you want you can just do paper work and be a manager or you can just be with patients all the time.
Consider Nursing, hope I helped you. If you want anymore info, just ask. oh yeah you do clinicals in the hospitals , etc ...like residency, and DON'T do online programs, u still have to go to clinicals anyway and it won't be as beneficial as the classroom experience and online programs for this major are probably still not approved by your state nursing board and also employers will question ur education.

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Answer 4

Registered Nurse Vs Nurse Practitioner

Answer 5

Nurse Practitioners have much greater responsibility. For example, while an RN can dispense medication, the NP is allowed to actually prescribe certain categories of drugs. With the greater responsibilities come increase levels of Schooling. Besides a BS in nursing, it would require an amount of post graduate work. If you are still interested in nursing, go for the RN and work yourself up.

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NPs are no longer doing nursing--they are practicing medicine That is grad school after you have been out working as a RN for a few years. You would apply to whatever specific NP program that was in the specialty you wished to work in. Make no mistake, however, you are in a whole different ball game with a whole new set of responsibilities & legal liabilities.

Answer 7

a nurse practitioner is between an RN and a doctor. They can prescribe medicine for example, but have to have a doctor sign off. They can see and treat you the same as a doctor for minor illnesses. A nurse can't.

Answer 8

A registered nurse is at the top of the nursing profession. This position requires a B.S. degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing. This person is registered with the National Registry for RN's. The registered nurse can administer drugs, put in intravenous lines, and many other technical jobs wothy of the traininbg she has received. Your licensced practical nurses (LPN's) are the one who successfully completed a course of study allowing them to do lesser skilled work, like taking the patient's vital signs, temperature, and other minor things. They do not necessarily have any kind of college degree.

Answer 9

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