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As a Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP), I am a Registered Nurse (RN) and hold a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree, I am licensed to work in several aspects of the medical profession. Of those professional certifications, CNP is the more encompassing. To define this briefly, I am a Nurse with with advanced formal education. According to some reports, during an average office visit, a doctor is only budgeted 8 to 10 minutes with each patient. This is often because of the need for her/him to do rounds and perform surgeries. A CNP can devote more focus toward the patient, which is probably a major part of why more consumers feel it to be a different experience to be attended to by a CNP. For those interested in what range of duties and services this designation commonly entails, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) defines a CNP (Certified Nurse Practitioner) as... "A Primary Health Care Professional... a Registered Nurse (RN) who has advanced education and clinical training in a health care specialty area. Nurse Practitioners work with people of all ages and their families, providing the information people need to make informed decisions about their health care and lifestyle choices." Nurse Practitioners practice under the rules and regulations of the Nurse Practice Act of the state(s) in which they work. Most Nurse Practitioners are also Nationally Certified in their specialty area. They are recognized as expert nurses and may be found in all 50 of the United States of America. The area of services provided by CNPs have been researched over the past 30+ years and it is well documented that they provide:
Nurse Practitioners provide primary health care in a number of specialty areas, including, but not limited to:
During health and illness, Nurse Practitioners often provide care services:
Many Nurse Practitioners also may be involved in education, research, and legislative activities to promote quality health care for all people. In an effort to make health care available to more people, Nurse Practitioners are encouraged to work in various settings, rural and urban. Here are a few of the places they may be located:
More and more people are choosing Nurse Practitioners for their regular health care provider because they:
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