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Nurse Practitioners. A Nurse Practitioner is a registered nurse (RN) who also has a Masterâs degree and clinical experience. The NP may work independently or as a member of a health care team. He or she helps to educate patients, with a focus on health maintenance, counseling, and disease prevention.
Both Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Registered Nurses (RNs) work closely with patients to monitor their health and provide care for acute and chronic illnesses.However, the work environments and responsibilities bestowed upon these different types of nurses can be quite different.egistered Nurses need, at minimum, an Associateâs Degree in nursing while Nurse Practitioners need at least a Masterâs Degree. Even for hospitals and other employers that require RNs have at least a Bachelorâs Degree, that still means fewer years of education and more time for working and earning.