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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.
In an outpatient practice such as mine, the distinction between doctorsâ and nursesâ roles can be more subtle. Nurse practitioners, who have both bachelors and masters degrees plus special certification, prescribe medication, perform physical exams, and act in many ways indistinguishable from doctors.