Nurse Practitioner Jobs’ Descriptions Continue to Be Rewritten in 2015
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Modern Healthcare’s Adam Rubenfire recently reported on changes taking place in the Empire State. As he pointed out in a late December 2014 article, the on-the-job requirements for people holding nurse practitioner jobs has been altered in a meaningful way. At least that’s the case for those who have enough clinical practice hours to be affected by the state’s Nurse Practitioner Modernization Act. Thanks to the act’s passing, they can now operate without as much physicians’ oversight as before.
Similar changes to nurse practitioner job descriptions also happened last year in other states. So what does that mean for people hoping to become nurse practitioners in the future? At this point, they’ll still need to get their Bachelor of Science in Nursing and pass a National Council Licensure Examination. They’ll also want to consider working as a Registered Nurse as they move towards getting their Master of Science in Nursing.
Once they have their Master of Science in Nursing, they’ll be able to start working on their clincials. As long as they choose to accept a nurse practitioner job in a state that has adopted the same or similar requirements as New York, they’ll only need to complete 3,600-hours before being eligible to work on their own. Prior to that benchmark, they’ll still need to walk in lock step with trusted physicians.
Of course, being eligible for those types of jobs also requires them to become licensed and board certified as nurse practitioners. It should be noted as well that many future nurse practitioners may want to become certified in specialties and sub-specialties. Nurse practitioners who have additional certifications can often command higher salaries or reimbursement fees.
To learn more about the types of nurse practitioners jobs that are available in states with or without the new guidelines, please contact Medical Associates Consulting. We can help experienced, new and emerging nurse practitioners find gainful employment in the state of their choice.
