Personal Narrative: A Career As A Nurse Practitioner

In addition, I also learned that to pursue a career as a nurse practitioner, I must earn a master’s degree from an accredited program as well as already obtain a registered nursing (RN) license. Typical duties of a nurse practitioner include diagnosing various health problems, ordering diagnostic tests and evaluating patient’s reactions to medication. One of the chief duties of a nurse practitioner is to focus on patient-centered care, which is understanding a patient’s concerns and lifestyle before choosing a course of action. Most nurse practitioner medium rate is $107,460 a year with a job outlook of 31 percent. Since there is an increase amount of old age baby boomers there is a high demand for nurse practitioner. In brief, I also learn

that some nurse practitioner travels long distances to treat patient and work at various healthcare facilities (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018).
Furthermore, conducting the online research on nursing I learned that nurse duties include educating patients about multiple disease that can arise within a community. The median annual rate of a nurse is $68,450 with a job outlook of 15 percent. There is a demand for health care services due to increase in the aging population. Generally, for an individual to be a nurse, they must take core classes like anatomy microbiology, psychology and chemistry; typically, it takes 4 years for an individual to be a nurse. In addition, since nurses come close contact with infectious disease they are required to follow strict guideline to those they are taking care off as well as those around them at home