Questions about becoming a Nurse Practitioner?

[f_nurse2b16]

I am thinking about going back to school to become a Nurse Practitioner after I get my BSN in Nursing, but I have a few questions. 1) Is being a Nurse Practitioner totally different from being an RN? 2) Can a Nurse practitioner work 3 twelve hour days, 4 days off like a RN can or do they work a completely different schedule? 3) If I don't like it can I go back to being an RN? I for sure want to be a Registered Nurse, but still kind of "I don't know-ish" about being a Nurse Practitioner. It's not that I can't handle being a Nurse Practitioner, I just want to know how different it is from an RN so that I'm ready for anything thrown my way.

[LadysSolo]

You also said in your original post "when you get your BSN." I suggest you work for several years as a RN before you become an NP. You need to have a background in normal versus abnormal before you become an NP. (I was an RN for almost 20 years before I became an NP. I couldn't have done it as a new RN.)