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Difference between a Nurse Practitioner And
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- NPs and MDs perform 90 percent of the same tasks , and depending on specialty, an NP may even earn more money than an MD. But there remain some differences between the two — namely differences in training, and in how NPs are permitted to practice.
- An NP will typically have a Master of Science in Nursing, or maybe even a Doctor of Nursing Practice, and will usually specialize in one of many areas of nursing, like obstetrics or anesthesia.
- Nurse practitioners and MDs may perform much of the same work, and in many cases, NPs may even earn more than MDs — a nurse anesthetist, for example, earns more than a primary care physician.
- If you already have an MSN and you go back to school for a Doctor of Nursing Practice, you may well graduate with more higher education than the MDs working alongside you.
- At least one expert panel has recommended that NPs be allowed to perform all of the same duties as MDs, not just 90 percent — that is, that they should be allowed to admit patients to hospitals and lead practices and medical teams.
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