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Nurse Practitioners

	Median Wage (USD, 2024)	Projected Job Openings (2024-2034)	Projected Growth (2024-2034)
National Statistics	$129210	29500	40.1%
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Statistics

National

State

City

State

City

$129210

Median Wage (USD, 2024)

29500

Projected Job Openings (2024-2034)

40.1%

Projected Growth (2024-2034)

Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team. May focus on health promotion and disease prevention. May order, perform, or interpret diagnostic tests such as lab work and x rays. May prescribe medication. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.

Experience Requirements Overview

Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.
Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).
Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Education, Training and Experience

Required Level of Education: Master's Degree

Related Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years

On-Site or In-Plant Training: Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months

On-the-Job Training: Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months

Detailed Work Activities

Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses.
Schedule patient procedures or appointments.
Advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments.
Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
Operate diagnostic imaging equipment.
Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
Diagnose medical conditions.
Treat acute illnesses, infections, or injuries.
Treat chronic diseases or disorders.
Treat medical emergencies.
Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.
Develop medical treatment plans.
Immunize patients.
Apply bandages, dressings, or splints.
Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
Prescribe medications.
Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members.
Prescribe treatments or therapies.
Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers.
Advocate for individual or community needs.
Advise patients on healthcare system processes.
Record patient medical histories.
Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
Follow protocols or regulations for healthcare activities.
Supervise patient care personnel.

Work Values

Achievement

Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.

Working Conditions

Recognition

Relationships

Support

Independence

Tasks

Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.
Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.
Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.
Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary.
Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies, based on such patient characteristics as age and gender.
Diagnose or treat chronic health care problems, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized.
Recommend diagnostic or therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy.
Detect and respond to adverse drug reactions, with special attention to vulnerable populations such as infants, children, pregnant and lactating women, or older adults.
Diagnose or treat acute health care problems, such as illnesses, infections, or injuries.
Counsel patients about drug regimens and possible side effects or interactions with other substances, such as food supplements, over-the-counter (OTC) medications, or herbal remedies.
Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests, such as complete blood counts (CBCs), electrocardiograms (EKGs), and radiographs (x-rays).
Educate patients about self-management of acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances.
Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for nurse practitioner practice, including reimbursement of services.
Recommend interventions to modify behavior associated with health risks.
Consult with, or refer patients to, appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise.
Treat or refer patients for primary care conditions, such as headaches, hypertension, urinary tract infections, upper respiratory infections, and dermatological conditions.
Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.
Schedule follow-up visits to monitor patients or evaluate health or illness care.
Perform routine or annual physical examinations.
Maintain departmental policies and procedures in areas such as safety and infection control.
Advocate for accessible health care that minimizes environmental health risks.
Perform primary care procedures such as suturing, splinting, administering immunizations, taking cultures, and debriding wounds.
Provide patients or caregivers with assistance in locating health care resources.
Keep abreast of regulatory processes and payer systems, such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources.
Supervise or coordinate patient care or support staff activities.

Work Styles

Innovation

A tendency to be inventive, to be imaginative, and to adopt new perspectives on ways to accomplish work.

Innovation

Achievement Orientation

Intellectual Curiosity

Tolerance for Ambiguity

Initiative

Adaptability

Self-Confidence

Perseverance

Leadership Orientation

Humility

Sincerity

Empathy

Cooperation

Optimism

Social Orientation

Cautiousness

Attention to Detail

Dependability

Integrity

Stress Tolerance

Self-Control

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