Nurse Practitioner Salary In Healthcare Field

Jul 18
08:17

2011

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The practitioner nurse is known as the top level nurse in the nursing industry. The nurse practitioners are also known as the base member of the health care industry. The nurse practitioners perform wide variety of medical related job work. The women, who have desire to work for the mankind, for them job of nurse practitioner is right one as it is the job related to the curing of old, ailing and sick people. The NP also supervises junior nurses and nursing assistants..

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The practitioner nurse is known as the top level nurse in the nursing industry. The nurse practitioners are also known as the base member of the health care industry. The nurse practitioners perform wide variety of medical related job work. The women,Nurse Practitioner Salary In Healthcare Field  Articles who have desire to work for the mankind, for them job of nurse practitioner is right one as it is the job related to the curing of old, ailing and sick people. The NP also supervises junior nurses and nursing assistants..

The candidates, who want to be a nurse practitioner, must know the eligibility criteria require for it, which include- the candidate applying for it must be an RN, must have completed successfully the training program of nurse practitioner of minimum 600 hours, must posses graduate degree in nursing or equivalent diploma and most important must have clear the licensing exam of practitioner nurse. The employer also needs 3 to 4 years of experience working on the post of RN. The candidates, who clear the examination are rewarded with the license and are tagged as Practitioner nurse.

The demand of the nurse practitioner is very high in the United States. Infact the requirement of the NP is listed on the top in the job list of nursing industry. According to labor static department of U.S. the demand of NP will continue to increase in the near coming future too. The candidates, who want to be NP, will find lots of job opportunities in future. So, it can be said it is the hottest job in the nursing industry and also the salary that they get is very lucrative and bulk in amount.

The nurse practitioners are considered as the high level or senior level nurse; hence the amount of their salary is better than the junior level nurses. The amount of their salary depends upon their category, as there are various types of nurse practitioners in the nursing industry. The average amount of salary of the nurse practitioner is $95,000. They are also offered various other benefits like, bonus, health insurance, life insurance, paid leaves etc.