Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Help provide primary care to patients
- Record patient medical histories and exams
- Diagnose health issues
- Administer medications and treatments
- Monitor and operate medical equipment
- Provide physical exams and patient observation
- Order and interpret tests
- Perform medical procedures
Where do they work? Type of environment?
Nurse Practitioners can work in a variety of places, such as:
Community care facilities
Physicians' offices
Community clinics
- Long term care facilities
- Nursing homes
- Hospitals
- Emergency room
- Outpatient care
- NP run facilities
Skills Needed:
Compassion
- Ethical decision making
- Critical thinking and reasoning
- Effective communication
Average Salary in Texas:
$109,595
Types of Patients:
Nurse Practitioners typically specialize in specific fields of medicine, so the types of patients they treat are dependant upon the field they specialize in.