NP’s make slightly more. You must be a reg. nurse first. Some states- they are allowed to practice on their own. Very few men in the career. The biggest drawback is area of practice. Most will work either in pediatrics, family care, Internal med, geriatrics or psychiatry. A lot of them have trouble switching from being a nurse to a practioner. Nursing theory and practice isn’t the same model as medical practice. Some work in anethesia. (Midwives work in OB instead of NP’s.) Very, very few ever work in other areas of medicine. PA’s tend to work in all areas of medicine and surgery. Most people like being PA’s because of being able to change laterally. Eg. -ER to Cardiology, Geri to Ortho, ER to Ortho & Plastics.
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