Region and Work Setting. The average hourly wage in the West in 2012 was $44.88 based on a standard 40-hour work week, according to The Clinical Advisor. Nurse practitioners in the Northeast averaged $44.93 an hour, those in the South averaged $42,68 and those in the Midwest earned an average of $41.14 an hour.egion and Work Setting. The average hourly wage in the West in 2012 was $44.88 based on a standard 40-hour work week, according to The Clinical Advisor. Nurse practitioners in the Northeast averaged $44.93 an hour, those in the South averaged $42,68 and those in the Midwest earned an average of $41.14 an hour.
Your thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland in your neck, just above your collarbone. It is one of your endocrine glands, which make hormones. Thyroid hormones control the rate of many activities in your body. These include how fast you burn calories and how fast your heart beats. All of these activities are your body's metabolism. Thyroid problems include. 1  Goiter - enlargement of the thyroid gland. 2  Hyperthyroidism - when your thyroid gland makes more thyroid hormones than your body needs.  Hypothyroidism - when your thyroid gland does not make enough thyroid hormones.
Causes of Types of Thyroid disorders: Review the cause informationfor the various types of Thyroid disorders: 1  Hypothyroidism. 2  Hyperthyroidism. 3  Hashimoto's thyroiditis - an autoimmune form of hypothyroidism.  Graves' disease - an autoimmune form of hyperthyroidism.