Np va pa

[Ncgirl741]

I am planning to go back to school just realized can't really get too far on biology degree alone. I was considering nursing and eventually becoming a np. I also looked into going the pa route. I am curious what made others choose the np route vs becoming a pa?

[Atl-Murse]

Pssss, dont tell anyone else this secret, you are on allnurse.com and will mostly find NPs only.

[sailornurse]

I just realized can't really get too far on biology degree alone. QUOTE]

So you JUST realized like this morning?

[Ncgirl741]

Dag if all u got is sarcasm there was no need to respond

[Ncgirl741]

What made you decide to become an np vs pa? I been reading up on both professions and they seem to be closely related.

[PG2018]

PA - admissions too dicey, hard to work while in school, no good location to go

NP - was handy, cheap, and easy to get into my state school

[twozer0, NP]

https://allnurses.com/gsearch.php?cx=partner-pub-9350112648257122%3Avaz70l-mgo9&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=Np+Vs+PA

Only you can decide how much beating that dead horse needs. (PS. use the search feature!)

[OlivetheRN, ADN, BSN, RN]

If you search NP vs PA on here you will find a LOT of threads on this topic

[OCRN3]

I became a Np because I was a nurse first. If I were you I would do PA it's a lot faster then doing a NP

[MikeFNPC, MSN]

I chose NP because I feel that the nursing focus adds a piece to my practice that is sorely missing from medical training. In short, I'm proud to be a nurse.

Mike

[Grumble88]

Try to ignore the grouchy folks...

In a clinic environment there isn't a huge amount of difference in job responsibilities in collaborative practice states, or states where NPs need physician supervision. In independent practice states though NPs have autonomous practice, which doesn't exist for PAs as they practice under their supervisor's license and can never be autonomous.

Educationally PAs are trained as generalists and receive several brief weeks of clinical practice in a large number of specialties. NPs are trained as specialists from day 1 of the masters program and the majority of their didactic and clinical training is focused on that specialty. FNPs are arguably the generalists of the NP world, but even they are technically primary care specialists. This is why I personally chose NP, I knew I was interested in psych and wanted to specialize in it and be trained by psychiatric specialists. As a PA I would've graduated sooner, but would have had a great deal of remediation to do if I wanted to be a "psych PA."

As as stated above there is a great deal of opinion sharing on this topic available through the search feature of the website as well. Best of luck in whatever you decide to pursue.

[sauce]

why don't people ask more interesting questions like np vs software engineer.