Nurse Practitioner Job Duties

The advance level of cares of Nurse Practitioners require them performing varied duties and responsibilities, and their basic job duties  include, advance treatment of ailments and injuries, offer primary cares, treatment of infections and diseases, clinical cares, advise diagnostic and lab tests, diagnose and, prescribe and administer medications. They must also have excellent communication skills to counsel the patients on preventive health measures, treatments procedures and informing them about healthy hobbits. Their responsibility also require them to conduct initial check up, advise tests and obtain the medical history of the patients.

NPs work Places

NPs work in various job positions under the supervision of a Physician or independently in varied health care settings such as hospitals, health clinics, Home health care agencies, intensive care units, physician’s office, nursing homes, Hospice care, emergency room, long term care facilities, Veteran’s administration facilities outpatient departments, Health maintenance organizations (HMOs), community clinics, Private & public schools, universities and colleges and others. They also offer their specialized advance level cares in Neo Natal intensive care units, gynecology unit, pediatrics cares and child cares.

Nurse Practitioner Education

In order to provide advance level specialized cares, Nurse Practitioners must complete rigorous education and training including course instructions and extensive clinical experience.

The completion of baccalaureates degree for earning BSN in major is your first step. Next, you must earn the credential of a Registered Nurse by passing the NCLEX-RN exam for RN licensure. You must then get few years working experience in pediatric cares, child cares and primary cares, intensive care units, emergency rooms, clinical cares, and pursue continuing education for earning MSN Degree by completing MSN programs. You can then follow your advance level education for specialty and sub specialty tracks to earn NP Certification. You can also continue Doctoral studies for higher level care training, knowledge and skills.

NP Specialty Certification

In the United States of America, there are two nationally recognized certifying agencies that can grant you certification and credential of Nurse Practitioners and they include:

• The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP)

You must sit and pass the Certification exam to earn the NP certification, but before that you must hold a Master, Post Master or Doctoral degree and possess working experience of specific number of years.

NP Specialty Tracks

• Family Health
• Pediatric Cares
• Neonatology (NNP)
• Oncology
• Women’s Health (WHNP)
• Gerontology (GNP)
• Psychiatry & Mental Health
• Adult Health (ANP),
• Acute Care
• Occupational Health
• Cardiovascular Nursing

NP Salary

The average salary of Nurse Practitioner ranges$77,500 to $83,500, $97,000 and $104,000 annually as on 2011 and the Median salary comes to around $90,900 per year. The variation in the salary is due to various factors such as working experience, education and certification, job position, job places, and size and type of the facility.

The median expected salary for a typical Nurse Practitioner in the United States is $90,009.

Their caring process includes offering direct and primary cares, preventive cares and treatments for acute and chronicle cares, taking into consideration psychosocial issues that affect the both toddlers and adult patients and families. Their practice may include independent working or in collaboration with other nurses, physicians, specialists and other qualified health care professionals depending upon the settings they are working or providing cares.

FNP Job Duties

The Family Nurse Practitioner is required to execute different types of the nursing care duties and responsibilities in varied health care settings to patients and families of all age group independently or in collaboration under a health care system.

• Conduct physical examination.
• Diagnose and advise different Diagnostic and lab tests and X ray.
• Interpret and Analyze test reports and offer acute and chronicle cares, primary cares, parental cares, adult cares, treatment of injuries and diseases and infections.
• Evaluate care results.
• Obtain medical history of the patients and families.
• Prescribe medication (if permitted by the state) and order physical therapies and rehabilitation.
• Counsel patients on treatment procedures, inform them of health life styles, and provide preventive health measures individually.
• Provides health management and cares independently or recommend to other specialists for specialized cares and surgeries.
•  Provide cares to toddlers to adults
• Provide cares at all stages of life, stretching whole life span.

FNP work Places

FNP works in varied health care settings such as hospitals, private and public clinics, public health care centers, independent practice, travel nursing, long term care facilities, nursing homes, chronicle care centers, physician’s office or own clinic, schools, out-patient care centers, intensive care units, emergency rooms, Nurse-managed health centers and non-profit organization.

As traveling nurse practitioners they can work in different health care settings in different places around the country. They are also employed by various travel agencies and companies, cruises and tours. Few of them even become nurse educators and consultants counseling on healthy life styles and preventive health measures among families, communities and others.

FNP Education

The earning of a Registered Nurse credential is the first step for FNP. This can be done by earning degree in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and passing the NCLEX-RN exam. Next, you must gain few years clinical working experience in adult cares, intensive care units, pediatrics, and child cares, NICU and others. After gaining working experience you can continue your advance level education and earn MSN degree, which also allows you to pursue studies for FNP specialty tracks for earning the certification.  The FNP Certification is offered by the nationally recognized certifying agencies, American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) – www.nursingworld.org/ancc, and American Academy of Nurse Practitioners – (AANP) www.aanp.org. The certification exam is computerized and offered in different selected locations throughout the country of the Thomson Prometric Computer Testing Centers and you are required to pass the certification exam, which award you a Certification.

FNP Salary

The average salary of the Nurse Practitioner is around $65,000 to $ 104,000 depending upon the work place, job position, education and certification, work experience and others. The type of the facility also decides the FNP salary as private clinics and College/University pays better salaries than hospitals and non-profit organizations.

In the present time, the demand of NNPs are rising steadily in the United States of America, due to rising numbers of underweight born babies who are below one pound, multiple births, premature babies who are born before time where their different organs such as lungs, tissues and external organs are yet to be fully developed and neonates who are critically ill and require constant cares. It is also their responsibility to care the neonates, who have complications immediately after the birth or come up with numerous issues that require immediate attention and cares in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Job Duties & Responsibilities

The specialized specialty training and education provides required knowledge and skills to NNPs to offer advance level neonatal cares in various types of health care settings such as hospital, NICU, private clinics and others. The job duties of Neonatal; Nurse Practitioners can be classified into three levels including:

Level 1 – In this level their job responsibilities are more concentrated in caring babies who are born healthy. In addition they counsel and coach moms about breast feeding and importance of breast feeding to neonates, child care, personal care and healthy life styles.

Level 2 – This level requires providing cares to babies who are born prematurely with weak or underdeveloped organs. These neonates are to be constantly monitored and watched for complications and provide caring as required, till the period when neonates starts functioning on their own or their organs are fully developed and commence working normally. During this period the Neonataligist or physicians are constantly updated about the condition of the babies, cares offered to babies and response to their cares.

Level 3 – This level can be termed as very crucial in the life of neonates because the care is offered to new born babies who are critically ill and need advance level cares. The chances of any complications are also highest in this phase that also requires constant watching and monitoring.

In addition, they also assist physician or Neonataligist in different neonates care procedures, assess, interpret and analyze test reports and apprise physicians about the reports, administer medication under the direction and supervision of physician or specialists, provide therapeutic forms of treatment under the supervised environment and monitor vital signs. They also counsel the mothers of the new born babies and families about child care, preventative health measures and healthy life styles for the well being of both mom and baby.

NNP Education

In order to become a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, you must earn RN Licensure by completing and earning BSN Degree. Next, you are required to earn few years working experience in NICU, child cares and emergency rooms. You can then continue your education for Masters, post masters or doctoral degree for FNP specialty track studies.

NNP specialty track requires both didactic and clinical trainings and course instruction to gain extensive knowledge in the neonatal field. Your course curriculum may include physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology along with other subjects.

Certification

The NNP Certification in neonatal intensive care nursing (RNC-NIC) is offered by the nationally recognized certifying agency the National Certification Corporation (NCC).

NNP Qualities

NNP must have qualities of excellent communication skills for counseling, quick decision making acumen, ability to understand the psychological and physical needs of the premature and critically ill neonates, mothers and families and must be capable in working in high tech environments.

Salary

The average salary of a Neonatal nurse ranges from $65,000 to $ 92,000 annually or $41.00 to $65.00 & more per hour, depending on the work experience, job location, education and certification and job position.

Currently, the demands for NPs are rising steadily due to the nursing shortages passing through the United States of America, leaving of the jobs permanently by the nurses, advancement in medical, medical technology and health care field, graduate level education for advance treatments, and various NP specialty and sub specialty tracks that allow them to provide direct and primary care and treatments to large patient population and families.

The specialty and sub specialty of NPs include: Family Health Cares, Oncology, Pediatrics, WHNP and Neonatology, Psychiatry & Mental Health, GNP, Adult Health and others.

If you believe the statistical data of Bureau of Labour Statistic on the Registered and advance practice registered nurses, the highest job opportunities in the health care field will be for Registered Nurses and their demand is projected to see a rise of 23 per within 2006 to 2016, and the greater chunk of employments will be for advance practice registered nurses (APRN). NPs are the main constituents of APRNs and they will be required in greater numbers to fill up the higher level job positions in the health care field.

NuProvide direct, clinical and primary cares to patient and families of all age groups, culture and languages understanding their physiological and psychological needs.rse Practitioner Job Description

The specialty track certification earned by the Nurse Practitioner allows them to perform varied duties in different types of heath care settings such as NICU, the offices of dentists, long term care facility, hospitals and hospice, Health maintenance organizations (HMOs), veteran homes, ambulatory surgical centers, intensive care units of the hospital, private and public clinics, emergency rooms, outpatient department, own clinic or physician’s office, schools, college and universities, gynecology unit,  home health agencies and other settings. In these health care settings they are first contacts and execute nursing care duties mostly performed by the doctors, except surgical and specialized cares beyond their experience that can only be performed by the doctors.

The basic and primary care duties of the Nurse Practitioner include:

• Recommend various diagnostic and lab test and x-ray.
• Diagnose and provide treatment for infection, disease and injuries.
• Offer preventive health cares.
• Analyze and assess test reports and apprise physicians about the test results.
• Counsel patients and families on treatment procedures, healthy life styles and preventive health measures.
• Prescribe and Administer medications, if they have completed the state law required prescribing requirements and allowed by the specific state
• Provide cares and treatments and consultation independently in their own clinic or through independent practice.
• Conduct initial check ups and procure medical history of the patient

NP Job Qualities

NPs must be proficient in advance level cares and must gain extensive clinical knowledge and skills. They must also be quick in decision making and must bear excellent communication skills, and understand physiological and psychological needs of different age group patients, while offering cares and treatments.

NP Job Salary

The average earning of the Nurse Practitioner is $65,000 to $103,000 annually depending upon work experience, education and certification, job position, geographical job location, and type of the facility.

Therefore, it becomes the responsibility of Cardiac Care Nurse to provide counseling for preventive measures and healthy life styles that can prevent and reduce the cardiac problems. These nurses also provide effective cares to these cardiac problem patients in collaboration with cardiac specialists, surgeons, physicians and Cardiac Care Nurses.

Cardiac Care Nurse

A Cardiac Care Nurses can be defined as an advance practice specialty nurse, specially trained through specialized education and extensive clinical training for offering critical cares and treatments to patients suffering from heart related problems, ailments and diseases including cardiovascular system treatment, coronary heart disease, cardiac arrests, cardiomyopathy, heart failure and others.    

Cardiac Care Nurse Job Duties & Responsibilities

A Cardiac Care Nurse is required to offer critical and specialized cares to patients suffering from various types of heart ailments, diseases and problems including heart attacks and heart failures and other problems.

Their primary job duties include offering cares and treatments to cardiovascular system issues such as coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, coronary angioplasty, myocardial infarction, pacemaker implants, congestive cardiac failure, and cardiac dysrhythmia after bypass surgery cares and monitoring and others.

These nurses are also trained in administering cardiac medications, monitor patients and provide cares and treatments and preventive cares to patients after cardiac surgery and assist in the rehabilitation of the patient. It is also their prime responsibility to educate and counsel patients on healthy life styles and preventive measures that can keep their heart healthy and minimize the chance of heart related problems. In addition their duties also include assessment of the health, street test and evaluation and vascular and cardiac monitoring. 

Job Places

Cardiac Care Nurse Works in varied health care settings including intensive care units, cardiac care unit of the hospital, cardiac catheterization, cardiovascular intensive care units emergency rooms, cardiac rehabilitation centers, clinical research, surgical rooms, private and public clinics, cardiac surgery wards, cardiac medical wards, and home of the patients.

Cardiac Care Nurse Education

The initial step to become a Critical care Nurse require earning the credential of a registered nurse by completing and earning Baccalaureate degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and passing the NCLEX-RN exam. The next step requires extensive clinical experience in critical cardiac cares.

In addition, they must also get advance training in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Basic Life Support and specialized training in electrocardiogram monitoring, CPR, use of intravenous drips for medication administration and others. 

Cardiac Care Nurse Certification

The Certification exam for the Cardiac/Vascular Nurse is offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in collaboration with the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, the Society for Vascular Nursing, and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association. There are certain requirements that must be completed to get eligibility to sit in the exam.

Cardiac Nurse Salary

The salary of Cardiac Care Nurse is around $64,000.00 annually or $34.19 & more depending upon the experience, working place, duty hours, education, training and certification.

NPs are these advance practice registered nurses (APRN), who have completed advance graduate level education and training in the specialty track or doctoral studies. The credential of Nurse Practitioner is only offered if you pass the certification exam awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).

NP Job Places

The certification also allows you to practice in advance level nursing cares field with attractive salary and you will be employed in hospitals, intensive care units, NICU, Public health centers, private clinics, long term care facilities, OPD, Veteran Homes, emergency rooms, physician’s office and home health agencies. If permitted by the state, you can even practice independently as a consultant or in your own clinic.

 NP Salary

As a Nurse Practitioner your salary ranges from $77,500 to $83,500, $97,000 and $103,000 annually as of 2011 per year and your median salary comes around $90,500 annually.

It is also necessary to understand why the Nurse Practitioner Salary varies and the factors influencing your earnings include:

Experience: If you have few years (5-10 or above) working experience, you can expect better salaries as compared to NPs who are fresher or possess 1-2 years job experience. 

Location: Your geographical working place also has an impact on your salary because working in metropolitans and cities will earn you higher salalry due to higher cost of living in these areas, whereas working in towns, urban and rural areas will pay you lower salary.

Facility Size, Type and Position:  If you work in larger facility or private clinics, schools, college and university, you will be paid higher. Even working in the intensive care unit or other important position will also earn you better salary.

Education and Certification: If you have earned advance practice certification in more than one specialty track, obtained prescription authority meeting the state requirements or completed doctoral level education, you can get better position, faster promotion and attractive salary.

States: Every state has their own salary structures where few states pay higher salary than many others. For example, practicing in New York, Washington DC, California or Maryland can earn you better salary than working in North or South Dakota, New Mexico,

But, whatever be your salary, the future bodes well for advance practice nurses. The statistical data of Bureau of Labour Statistic on the Registered and advance practice registered nurses states that the demand for Registered Nurses including APRN will see a growth of 23 per within 2006 to 2016.

Nurse Practitioners are these specialized APRNs, who have completed advance graduate level studies and training in specialty track and earn certification to practice in higher job positions to offer specialized cares and treatments. The knowledge and extensive clinical experience gained by working in different facilities and positions, and during their Nurse Practitioner Schools studies prepare them for varied advance level health care services such as diagnosis and treatment of infections, ailments, injuries and diseases, direct cares and primary cares, clinical cares, recommendation of diagnostic and lab tests including x-ray, assessment of test reports, provide preventive health cares, prescribe and administer medications and counseling to patients and families.

Nurse Practitioner Schools

It is also true that to work in varied health care settings, to earn Practice License and earning of the attractive salary requires meeting the education and training requirements of the state law.  

NP Educational Process

The initial step that provide you eligibility to purse advance level NP specialty track requires earning credential of a Registered Nurse and require completing Masters, Post Masters or Doctoral level studies.

The process for earning RN Licensure requires earning, either Nursing diploma, associate degree in nursing or baccalaureate degree in nursing by completing Bachelor of Science in Nursing. These diploma, certificates or degrees make you eligible to sit in the NCLEX-RN exam for RN licensure and passing of the exam earn you licensure and credential of a registered Nurse. But remember, BSN Degree is highly desirable for advance level studies in NP specialty tracks.

The next step, require you continuing your graduate level studies of Masters, Post Masters or doctoral studies for advance level degree and specialty track education. But, before opting for these studies you must gain few years clinical working experience in different capacity and positions.

Your advance Nurse Practitioner studies offer you various specialty tracks such as Adult Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing, Geriatric Nursing, Family Nursing, Women’s Health & Child care, Oncology, Pediatric Nursing, Gerontological nursing, School Nursing and various other specialty and sub specialty tracks. You are required to attend both classroom course instruction and extensive clinical experience from accredited Nurse Practitioner Schools that are either campus based or online distance learning classes.

Certification

The credential of certified Nurse Practitioner can only be offered to you, if you earn NP Certification through recognized certifying agencies. In United States of America, the certification offered by  two nationally recognized certifying agencies that can grant you certification and credential of Nurse Practitioners and they include the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) are recognized nationally and you must pass the certification exam of these agencies to earn the NP certification. But, the eligibility to sit in the exam will only be granted if you meet the education and other requirements..

NP Schools

Few of the reputed Nurse Practitioner Schools in the United States include University of Washington, University of California, University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, University of Maryland, University of North Carolina and others.

The current job scarcity scenario in the major service sectors and massive demand for the nursing and medial professionals have made individuals, students and job seekers to make their career in the medical nursing field for earning better salaries and easy job opportunities.

But, it is also true that students passes through tough time to select the right medical or nursing courses and tracks for their education after they complete their High School Diploma and GED. They are unaware of the degrees, diplomas, certificates or courses that can get them easy employments, better positions and attractive salary.

Therefore it becomes essential that these students must get fully knowledgeable about their specific field career choices and select the best field that is ideal for their career growth and earnings. For example, if they are confused about Nurse Practitioner Vs Physician Assistant then the given details will inform them about both careers and opportunities offered by them.

Nurse Practitioner Vs Physician Assistant

Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant are both medical nursing field jobs, with similar types of duties and responsibilities including salaries offered for both jobs. But, still there are certain common differences between each job practice and they include:

Nurse Practitioners Definition

Nurse practitioners are advance practice registered nurses (APRN), who are educated in the specialty track education and provide nursing cares and treatments to all age group patients and administer medications if the state permits them prescriptive authority. They work indipendently or in collaboration with other nurses, physicians and specialists. 

Physical Assistants Definition

Physical Assistants can be defined as registered and certified health care professionals, who execute various types of medical duties and responsibilities under the supervision of a doctor or a specialist.

Education and Training Requirement:

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner education requires registered nurse credential by completing nursing diploma, associate degree of BSN Degree and passing the NCLEX-RN exam for eligibility to pursue advance level education in graduate level Masters, Post Masters, Doctoral studies for NP Specialty track certification. The NP certification is offered is by nationally recognized the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP),

Physician Assistant

Physician Assistant training program has duration of 2 years and the American Academy of Physician Assistants offers the accreditation to the program. The completion of the program provides them eligibility to sit in the Physician Assistant National Certifying Examination (PANCE) and passing the exam grants them certification.

Salaries

Nurse Practitioner Salary

The average salary of Nurse Practitioner ranges$77,500 to $83,500, $97,000 and $104,000 annually as on 2011 and the Median salary comes to around $90,900 per year.

Physician Assistant Salary

The average salary of Physician Assistant ranges from $70,500 to $87,500 & more.

It is also necessary to remember that, whether you choose the medical track or career field of Nurse practitioner or Physician Assistant, the future bodes well for types of careers for steady career growth, easy job opportunities, job stability or lucrative salary.

Currently, there are more than 28,000 pediatric care nurses, holding Pediatric Nurse Practitioner certification in the United States, practicing and offering cares and treatments to children of all age groups in collaboration with doctors, specialists and other nurses.

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Duties

The advance level education and training of Pediatric Nurse Practitioner prepare them to provide cares and treatments to specific patient population that includes infants, children and adolescents and families. The job duties and responsibilities performed by PNPs are identical to a Physician, except cares that require specialized knowledge and skills, and surgical procedures, beyond the experience of these nurses.

It is also to be noted that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) that it is essential for Pediatric Nurse Practitioners to take into consideration the prevailing ethnicity and cultural disparity among the population because clinical and nursing care needs of these specific population is greatly influenced by these issues. Your cares must address these issues and meet their cultural and ethnicity needs and also you must provide cares to these specific populations irrespective of their race, religion and other issues because no body must be barred from required cares and treatments.

PNP Job Description

• Offer pediatric cares and treatments throughout infancy to adulthood.
• Diagnose and assessment of ailments, diseases, injuries, chronic problems such as such as allergies, asthma, diabetes, eczemas and behavior problems.
• Recommend varied diagnostic and lab tests, x-ray and perform physical examinations.
• Interpret test results and apprise physician or specialist about the result outcome.
• Prescribe and administer medications and therapies.
• Obtain medical history of the patient and families, and document health records.
• Counseling and educating on treatment procedures, preventive health cares and healthy life styles and refer patients to other physician or specialist for specialized treatments and cares.
• Prepare care plan, implement intervention, analyze and evaluate the care and treatment outcome.
• Perform Immunization
• Procure information on treatment procedures and health condition of the young patients.

PNP Job Places

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner execute their duties and responsibilities in varied health care settings including Pediatric Care Centers and Pediatric Intensive Care Units, NICU, physician’s and pediatricians’ offices office, hospitals, public health care centers, private and public clinics, children homes, schools, acute care centers and specialty clinics.

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Education

In order to become a PNP, you must earn the credential of a Registered Nurse by completing training and earning degree in BSN and pass the NCLEX-RN exam for RN Licensure. Next, you must gain extensive clinical experience by caring pediatric patients in different health care settings and pursue for Masters or Post Masters level education and earn MSN Degree for eligibility to continue studiers for Pediatric specialty track. The added advance specialty studies for a sub-specialty area such as gastroenterology; oncology, dermatology and cardiology, along with the Pediatric specialty can offer you additional qualifications.

Certification

The certification to Pediatric Nursing is offered by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB) or the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and to earn the certification, you are required to pass the Pediatric Nurse Certification exam.

The credential of the PNP Certification is essential for practicing as a Pediatric Nurse and the certification is granted, either by the Pediatric Nursing Certification Board (PNCB) or the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) after passing of the certification exam.

PNP Salary

The average salary of Pediatric Nurse practitioner ranges from $79,000 to $104,000 annually. The factors that make variation in your earnings are work place, job location, position, experience, educations and certifications, size and type of the facility and state where you are practicing.

PNP Job Description

The specialized knowledge and skills of PNP requires them to provide continuous and comprehensive primary mental or Psychiatric health care services to people of all age groups – children, adolescents to adults of varied ethnicity, race and culture that include families and communities throughout their life span.

The basic job duty of Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, require offering and promoting optimal health care, preventive mental health cares and treatments to specific population suffering from mental or Psychiatric and emotional disorders and problems.

The outcome to PNP’s Health Care Delivery System process can be best achieved through diagnosis, assessment, making plan of care, implementation of the therapeutic interventions, analysis and evolution of the treatment and care for best patient outcome.

PNPs must also give due consideration to patient relation, minimum complications, administration of medications, education and counseling, professional role, health care management, monitoring, safe and quality practice. They must also recognize and meet the need of ethnicity, cultural, race, religion and language diversity, while offering Psychiatric care.

Therefore, the responsibilities of the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner can be summed up as: diagnosis, analysis, collaboration, care of plan, medical and basic therapeutic procedures and medications, monitoring condition and behavior and emotional support and counseling.

PNP Education

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner education requires completing following educational process:

• Earning credential of a Registered Nurse by passing the NCLEX-RN exam for licensure and completion of BSN degree.
• Few years working in Psychiatric & Mental Health field.
• Completion of MSN program and earning MSN Degree
• Advance studies for Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner specialty track.
• Sit for the Certification exam and earn the certification by passing the certification exam.

Certification & Accreditation

The certification to PNP is offered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the credential awarded is PMHCNS-BC.

The National Commission for Certifying Agencies and the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification have accredited the ANCC certification.

Psychiatric Nurse Salary

The average salary of Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner ranges $95,000 & above depending upon the work experience, job location, education and certification and position.