Through the use of abstraction and logic, mathematics developed from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Practical mathematics has been a human activity for as far back as written records exist.
NP: Programs for nurse practitioners are usually shorter than those for physician assistants. They typically require nurse practitioners students choose a specialty and complete between 500 classroom and 500-700 clinical hours.
Some schools vary their requirements slightly: the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing requires 540 hours from its Family Nurse Practitioner students, in addition to which there is a capstone project to complete the master's degree. Clinical Nurse Specialists in this program also put in 540 clinical hours.