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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.
Nurse practitioners (NPs) work in a variety of settings. So do physician assistants (PAs). They can both be found in hospitals and clinics, from rural to urban practices. PAs care for a variety of conditions.So do NPs.tudents are taught by other NPs, according to the AANP. Like PAs, NPs can practice in a variety of specialty areas. In the end, both NPs and PAs are licensed and accredited by exam. NPs and PAs practice in all 50 states and Washington, D.C., though practice is regulated state-to-state.