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What are the pro's and con's of being a travel nurse?

Pros & Cons of being a Nurse Practioner?

  • I want to start nursing school & my goal would to become a nurse practioner. Any advice from Nurse Practioners on pros and cons & if you are glad you made this career choice. I love ...show more

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    The cons are the same for any one who is a clinician: the stress of seeing too many patients, the stress of making a bad decision & being sued (very real), the stress of long hours, the stress and pressure of bad patients, the pay while good, may equate to less than an RN makes when you factor in hours worked and expenses, frustration at the medical system in general, dwindling reimbursement, increasing documentation, primary care in general/

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An NPs need to first get their bachelor's (four-year) degree and get experience in the field before attending grad school for a master's degree in NP which may take about six years of college if attending on a full-time basis. Just fyi that the nursing (and social work/counseling) field is supposed to have a high (emotional) burn-out rate. Some have said that those in the nursing field itself don't always get too much respect. For general information about becoming a registered nurse (NP is briefly mentioned): http://www.bls.gov/oco and can type into search. More information re: NP: http://aanp.org/AANPCMS2/AboutAANP/About+NPs.htm and can click on the various links for more info. U.S. colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ

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