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A nurse practitioner is an advanced degree nurse who has completed a Master's or a Doctoral degree. They have received additional training and education and have specialized in such areas as adult care, gynecology, obstetrics or family practice. In the United States in order to perform nursing jobs one must have passed national board certification. Not only can they apply for nurse practitioner jobs, they can seek seek positions in occupational therapy, physician assistant, travel nursing, physical therapy and speech pathology.

Nurse practitioner jobs are positions held by qualified nurses who are authorized to practice as certified physicians. Patients can seek medical examination and treatment from these professionals in their clinics. In states where the law prohibits practitioners from practicing independent of physicians, they work as employees in the physician's clinics and can offer treatment and prescriptions under the physician's guidance.

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