11/10/2025
🧡 It is National Week!
🤔 WHAT IS A NURSE PRACTITIONER (NP)?
🩺 A registered with advanced education and clinical training who provides services.
🩺 Works in many settings like hospitals, clinics, and private practices.
🩺 Cares for the whole person (mind, body, environment) with a approach.
🩺 May specialize in areas like family practice, pediatrics, or mental health.
🧐 WHAT DOES A NP DO?
🩺 Patient care: physical exams, medical histories, manages acute and chronic health conditions.
🩺 Diagnostics: orders, performs, and interprets tests and analyzes results.
🩺 Treatment: develops and implements treatment plans, prescribes medications, and provides counseling.
🩺 Health promotion: teaches disease prevention and wellness tips.
🩺 Management: oversees someone’s total care…collaborating with other healthcare professionals as needed.
👩🏾🎓HOW TO BECOME A NP
📚Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and a master’s or doctoral degree from an accredited NP program.
📚 Experience: most NPs have years of experience as a nurse first. NP students are precepted by NPs to gain clinical experience as a provider.
📚Licensure and Certification: active RN license and completion of the necessary board certification (study, clinical, and testing) to practice as an NP.
NPs are required to do many hours of continuing education yearly to keep certification and licenses.
WHAT NURSE PRACTITIONERS ARE NOT…
❌Medical doctors
WE ARE NURSES AT OUR CORE…AND LOVE IT! 😌
