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Master Degree Careers and Jobs

Explore Careers and Jobs Predominantly Filled by Those with a Master's Degree with or without Certificates - All On One Page

Sorted by median annual U.S. salary and including percentage of job holders with Master's Degree.

A master's degree deepens expertise and often unlocks specialized, supervisory, or higher-paying roles beyond a bachelor's degree. For people weighing whether advanced study will meaningfully expand their career options. Compare careers ranked by salary, review degree-holder and experience percentages, and access preparation resources for each role.



4 Steps to Use This Page: 1-Explore Careers of Intrerest 2-See Job Listings Matched to Career 3-Prepare for the Career 4-See External Career Resources

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This page will take you through 4 steps, relative to an Doctorate Degree, to (1) Select a career, (2) Find active job listings, (3) Prepare for the career you chose, and (4) Provide web resources specific to the career you chose.

Step 1: Select a Career: You will be presented with a listing of Doctorate Degree careers. The list may be quite long. There are two ways you might like to use this list:
1) Filter - As you enter a word, you will filter (limit) the list of careers below
2) Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply browse the list of careers. There may be many that you might never have considered. This may help you to discover careers that might be of interest.

Once you have identified a career of interest, simply click on it.

Step 2: Find a Job: After you have selected a career/job title above, you will see a form asking for your location. You will see several radio selection choices to utilize the job search site of your choice.



Step 3: Prepare For a Career: In this section you will gain access to detailed information to help you prepare for the career you selected. Information includes core and supplemental duties, general and specific work activities, knowledge required, essential and transferable skills required, day-in-the-life summaries, knowledge required, software skills required, preparation required, educational requirements, training and work experience required, local salary information, certifications, professional associations, current job listings for the job selected along with multiple similar job titles, and related careers (related to what they do, what they know, and what they're called).

Step 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue to scroll down the page and you will find tabs that will provide detailed (updated) links to occupational information specific to the career you selected. This information includes:
Videos: Provides a listing of video links related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes: Sources for resume materials and techniques. This can help to get you started.
Job Description: Sources that provide job descriptions, which are vital to resume and interview preparation.
Interviews: Provides links that can help you to prepare for and successfully complete the job interview.
Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
LinkedIn: One of the best professional social media sites that provides links, opportunities, and networking specifically for careers and career development.




Step 1 of 4: Select a Career

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What jobs can you get with a Master's Degree? Scroll through the picklist (below). These are careers related to the Master's Degree level, with at least 30% of job holders having a Master's Degree. - 105 specific careers are listed, with matching jobs currently available. Select those careers that may be of interest - you will then get links to matching active job listings, and detailed resources to help you prepare.
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Select a Job Title - Sorted by Annual Salary -(scroll and Select) :
Legend: Career Title Link / (% having Masters Degree) / (Median Annual U.S. Salary)

Nurse Anesthetists / (44.44%) / ($212,650)
Chief Executives / (50.40%) / ($206,680)
Chief Sustainability Officers / (81.48%) / ($206,680)
Architectural and Engineering Managers / (51.04%) / ($165,370)
Water Resource Specialists / (50.00%) / ($157,740)
Marketing Managers / (34.88%) / ($157,620)
Treasurers and Controllers / (36.00%) / ($156,100)
Investment Fund Managers / (67.35%) / ($156,100)
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists / (57.69%) / ($147,420)
Computer Hardware Engineers / (37.93%) / ($138,080)
Aerospace Engineers / (33.34%) / ($130,720)
Physician Assistants / (94.59%) / ($130,020)
Anesthesiologist Assistants / (57.30%) / ($130,020)
Nurse Midwives / (96.87%) / ($129,650)
Law Teachers, Postsecondary / (63.68%) / ($127,360)
Nurse Practitioners / (65.22%) / ($126,260)
Mathematicians / (35.00%) / ($116,440)
Economists / (50.00%) / ($115,730)
Environmental Economists / (40.74%) / ($115,730)
Microsystems Engineers / (34.17%) / ($111,970)
Photonics Engineers / (38.10%) / ($111,970)
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary / (30.49%) / ($105,770)
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary / (35.94%) / ($105,650)
Statisticians / (61.90%) / ($104,110)
Biostatisticians / (58.33%) / ($104,110)
Health Informatics Specialists / (57.14%) / ($103,800)
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary / (76.28%) / ($103,460)
Education Administrators, Postsecondary / (47.94%) / ($102,610)
Sociologists / (30.00%) / ($101,770)
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists / (31.44%) / ($100,890)
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary / (49.78%) / ($100,690)
Physical Therapists / (38.30%) / ($99,710)
Fuel Cell Engineers / (42.86%) / ($99,510)
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists / (50.00%) / ($99,380)
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary / (47.35%) / ($96,430)
Occupational Therapists / (86.36%) / ($96,370)
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists / (60.87%) / ($96,370)
Water/Wastewater Engineers / (30.44%) / ($95,890)
Transportation Planners / (45.00%) / ($95,890)
Genetic Counselors / (100.00%) / ($95,770)
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval / (47.62%) / ($93,310)
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers / (43.75%) / ($92,580)
Geneticists / (36.00%) / ($91,100)
Biologists / (54.99%) / ($91,100)
Speech-Language Pathologists / (100.00%) / ($89,290)
Hydrologists / (52.17%) / ($88,770)
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses / (91.31%) / ($86,070)
Clinical Nurse Specialists / (95.23%) / ($86,070)
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary / (35.34%) / ($86,030)
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary / (35.27%) / ($85,810)
School Psychologists / (99.91%) / ($84,940)
Operations Research Analysts / (42.86%) / ($83,640)
History Teachers, Postsecondary / (30.36%) / ($82,140)
Urban and Regional Planners / (60.00%) / ($81,800)
Epidemiologists / (66.67%) / ($81,390)
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary / (43.00%) / ($81,020)
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary / (52.11%) / ($80,780)
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary / (52.29%) / ($80,360)
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary / (71.82%) / ($79,910)
Sustainability Specialists / (39.13%) / ($79,590)
Climate Change Policy Analysts / (65.22%) / ($78,980)
Environmental Restoration Planners / (40.91%) / ($78,980)
Industrial Ecologists / (65.22%) / ($78,980)
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary / (36.77%) / ($78,410)
Financial Quantitative Analysts / (60.00%) / ($78,310)
Acupuncturists / (75.00%) / ($78,220)
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary / (31.68%) / ($78,130)
Orthotists and Prosthetists / (90.00%) / ($78,100)
Social and Community Service Managers / (32.05%) / ($77,030)
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary / (34.76%) / ($75,020)
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists / (39.13%) / ($74,680)
Instructional Coordinators / (74.90%) / ($74,620)
Historians / (64.48%) / ($72,890)
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators / (57.90%) / ($71,540)
Bioinformatics Technicians / (40.66%) / ($70,620)
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists / (39.98%) / ($70,600)
Dietitians and Nutritionists / (33.33%) / ($69,680)
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary / (49.12%) / ($69,030)
Soil and Plant Scientists / (38.09%) / ($68,240)
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School / (42.41%) / ($66,620)
Special Education Teachers, Preschool / (32.13%) / ($65,270)
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists / (69.32%) / ($64,370)
Anthropologists and Archeologists / (30.00%) / ($63,800)
Art Therapists / (96.87%) / ($63,650)
Midwives / (30.30%) / ($63,630)
Healthcare Social Workers / (85.18%) / ($62,940)
Music Directors and Composers / (30.14%) / ($62,590)
Curators / (44.05%) / ($61,750)
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors / (41.19%) / ($61,710)
Survey Researchers / (46.16%) / ($60,960)
Archivists / (90.32%) / ($59,910)
Farm and Home Management Educators / (70.37%) / ($59,770)
Set and Exhibit Designers / (47.61%) / ($59,490)
Clergy / (49.16%) / ($58,920)
Marriage and Family Therapists / (91.31%) / ($58,510)
Athletic Trainers / (54.33%) / ($57,930)
Fitness and Wellness Coordinators / (50.00%) / ($57,570)
Interpreters and Translators / (31.57%) / ($57,090)
Social Science Research Assistants / (36.70%) / ($56,400)
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers / (81.22%) / ($55,960)
Exercise Physiologists / (31.82%) / ($54,860)
Museum Technicians and Conservators / (47.09%) / ($48,670)
Self-Enrichment Teachers / (34.69%) / ($45,330)
Rehabilitation Counselors / (31.22%) / ($44,040)
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary / (37.46%) / ($43,750)

Step 2 of 4: Find a Job

Job Listings for: Nurse Practitioners.

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Step 3 of 4: Prepare For a Career

Prepare for the "Nurse Practitioners" Career
The details below will provide a pathway to your specific job goal and help you to identify an appropriate career ladder.




Nurse Practitioners

Description: Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team. May focus on health promotion and disease prevention. May order, perform, or interpret diagnostic tests such as lab work and x rays. May prescribe medication. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.

U.S. Total Employment (2023):
220,300
U.S. Total Employment (2033 est.):
335,200
Employment Change (2023-2033 est.):
114,900 (52.2%)
Average Annual Job Openings (2023-2033 est.):
26,000
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Nurse Practitioners":

Core Duties

Important Core Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Supervise or coordinate patient care or support staff activities.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Keep abreast of regulatory processes and payer systems, such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Consult with, or refer patients to, appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for nurse practitioner practice, including reimbursement of services.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests, such as complete blood counts (CBCs), electrocardiograms (EKGs), and radiographs (x-rays).
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Counsel patients about drug regimens and possible side effects or interactions with other substances, such as food supplements, over-the-counter (OTC) medications, or herbal remedies.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Diagnose or treat acute health care problems, such as illnesses, infections, or injuries.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies, based on such patient characteristics as age and gender.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Diagnose or treat chronic health care problems, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized.
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Recommend diagnostic or therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Educate patients about self-management of acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Treat or refer patients for primary care conditions, such as headaches, hypertension, urinary tract infections, upper respiratory infections, and dermatological conditions.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Detect and respond to adverse drug reactions, with special attention to vulnerable populations such as infants, children, pregnant and lactating women, or older adults.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Schedule follow-up visits to monitor patients or evaluate health or illness care.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Perform routine or annual physical examinations.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Maintain departmental policies and procedures in areas such as safety and infection control.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Advocate for accessible health care that minimizes environmental health risks.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Provide patients or caregivers with assistance in locating health care resources.
Importance: 91 (%) Description: Recommend interventions to modify behavior associated with health risks.
Importance: 91 (%) Description: Perform primary care procedures such as suturing, splinting, administering immunizations, taking cultures, and debriding wounds.
Work Activities

Important General Work Activities (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 95 (%) Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Importance: 93 (%) Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Importance: 91 (%) Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Importance: 90 (%) Description: Assisting and Caring for Others: Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
Importance: 89 (%) Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Importance: 87 (%) Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Importance: 85 (%) Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Importance: 85 (%) Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Importance: 85 (%) Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Working with Computers: Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards: Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Performing for or Working Directly with the Public: Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: Training and Teaching Others: Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Importance: 78 (%) Description: Providing Consultation and Advice to Others: Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
Importance: 77 (%) Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Communicating with People Outside the Organization: Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People: Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Developing and Building Teams: Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Importance: 73 (%) Description: Coaching and Developing Others: Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
Importance: 70 (%) Description: Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others: Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
Importance: 70 (%) Description: Thinking Creatively: Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates: Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Developing Objectives and Strategies: Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
Importance: 63 (%) Description: Performing General Physical Activities: Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
Specific Work Activities

Important Specific Work Activities
How can you begin to build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. Specific Work Activities appear below:
Advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments.
Advise patients on healthcare system processes.
Advocate for individual or community needs.
Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.
Apply bandages, dressings, or splints.
Collaborate with healthcare professionals to plan or provide treatment.
Communicate detailed medical information to patients or family members.
Develop medical treatment plans.
Diagnose medical conditions.
Examine patients to assess general physical condition.
Follow protocols or regulations for healthcare activities.
Immunize patients.
Maintain medical or professional knowledge.
Monitor patient conditions during treatments, procedures, or activities.
Operate diagnostic imaging equipment.
Order medical diagnostic or clinical tests.
Prescribe medications.
Prescribe treatments or therapies.
Provide health and wellness advice to patients, program participants, or caregivers.
Record patient medical histories.
Refer patients to other healthcare practitioners or health resources.
Schedule patient procedures or appointments.
Supervise patient care personnel.
Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses.
Treat acute illnesses, infections, or injuries.
Treat chronic diseases or disorders.
Treat medical emergencies.
Knowledge Required

Knowledge Required (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 95 (%) Description: Medicine and Dentistry: Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Psychology: Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
Importance: 81 (%) Description: Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Importance: 78 (%) Description: Therapy and Counseling: Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
Importance: 74 (%) Description: Education and Training: Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Sociology and Anthropology: Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Chemistry: Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Importance: 61 (%) Description: Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Importance: 60 (%) Description: Public Safety and Security: Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Importance: 60 (%) Description: Communications and Media: Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Essential Skills

Essential Skills (in order of importance)
These are the foundational skills most central to success in this occupation. For the Top 5 most important, how can you begin building experience and confidence using these skills now?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Importance: 58 (%) Description: Learning Strategies: Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
Transferable Skills

Transferable Skills (in order of importance)
These are skills that can transfer across occupations and industries. For the Top 5 most important, how can you strengthen these skills now so they support both this career and future career flexibility?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Service Orientation: Actively looking for ways to help people.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Importance: 56 (%) Description: Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Importance: 54 (%) Description: Persuasion: Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Instructing: Teaching others how to do something.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Day-in-the-Life Summaries

Day-in-the-Life Summaries
These summaries show the main types of activities you are likely to perform on a regular basis in this occupation. How can you imagine your typical workday — using these examples to see if this type of work fits you?
Activity: Administer basic health care or medical treatments.
Activity: Administer emergency medical treatment.
Activity: Advise patients or clients on medical issues.
Activity: Advocate for individual or community needs.
Activity: Analyze health or medical data.
Activity: Assist others to access additional services or resources.
Activity: Confer with healthcare or other professionals about patient care.
Activity: Develop patient or client care or treatment plans.
Activity: Diagnose health conditions or disorders.
Activity: Examine people or animals to assess health conditions or physical characteristics.
Activity: Explain medical information to patients or family members.
Activity: Follow standard healthcare safety procedures to protect patient and staff members.
Activity: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise.
Activity: Maintain health or medical records.
Activity: Monitor health conditions of humans or animals.
Activity: Operate medical equipment.
Activity: Order medical tests or procedures.
Activity: Prescribe medical treatments or devices.
Activity: Schedule appointments.
Activity: Supervise personnel activities.
Activity: Train others on health or medical topics.
Activity: Treat injuries, illnesses, or diseases.
Software Skills

Software Skills
These are examples of software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized from most to least important for your career preparation. How can you start learning or practicing the highest-priority tools so that you feel confident using them on the job?
Emerging Tech Skills
Data base user interface and query software:
Microsoft Access
Document management software:
Microsoft SharePoint
Electronic mail software:
Microsoft Outlook
Medical software:
eClinicalWorks EHR software
Epic Systems
MEDITECH software
Office suite software:
Microsoft Office software
Presentation software:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software:
Microsoft Excel
Word processing software:
Microsoft Word
General Software Tools
Internet browser software:
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Web browser software
Medical software (scroll table below):
Allscripts Professional EHR
Amkai AmkaiCharts
Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
Cerner Millennium
e-MDs software
GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS
Medical condition coding software
Medical procedure coding software
Medscribbler Enterprise
MicroFour PracticeStudio.NET EMR
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems EMR
Patient management software
PCC Pediatric Partner
SOAPware EMR
StatCom Patient Flow Logistics Enterprise Suite
SynaMed EMR
Texas Medical Software SpringCharts EMR
Preparation Required
Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job?
Job Zone Five: Extensive Preparation Needed

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

These occupations often involve coordinating, training, supervising, or managing the activities of others to accomplish goals. Very advanced communication and organizational skills are required. Examples include pharmacists, lawyers, astronomers, biologists, clergy, physician assistants, and veterinarians.
Education Required

Education Required - by frequency of educational attainment
This shows you details about the level of education most commonly held by workers in this occupation. How can you begin planning the educational pathway that will prepare you best for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Education
Frequency of Attainment: 65.2 (%) Level of Education: Master's Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 26.1 (%) Level of Education: Doctoral Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 4.4 (%) Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 4.4 (%) Level of Education: Post-Doctoral Training
Training and Experience Required

Training and Experience Required - by frequency of training and work experience attainment
This section shows you how often different types of training and work experience are required for this occupation. How can you start gaining the kinds of experience and training that are most common for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Training and Work Experience
Frequency of Attainment: 34.8 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Frequency of Attainment: 34.8 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Frequency of Attainment: 17.4 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: None
Frequency of Attainment: 8.7 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Frequency of Attainment: 4.4 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
Professional Associations
Professional Associations
These associations connect people who work in this occupation or related fields. How can you start using these associations to learn more, build your network, or find mentoring opportunities?
Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) External Link
American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) External Link
Job Listings
Job Listings and Similar Occupational Titles - scroll and click to identify common requirements, keywords, and skills in current job listings
Nurse Practitioners
ACNP (Acute Care Nurse Practitioner)
Adult Nurse Practitioner
Advanced Practice Nurse (APN)
Advanced Practice Provider
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
ARNP Specialist (Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner Specialist)
Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
Certified Nurse Practitioner
Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner
CPNP (Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner)
Dermatology Nurse Practitioner
Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner
Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner
Family Health Nurse Practitioner
Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
Family Practice Certified Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
FNP (Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner)
FNP (Family Practice Nurse Practitioner)
Gastroenterology Nurse Practitioner
General Surgery NP (General Surgery Nurse Practitioner)
Gerontological Nurse Practitioner
Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioner
Licensed Nurse Practitioner (LNP)
Medical Surgery Nurse
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP)
Neurosurgical Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Practitioner (NP)
OB-GYN NP (Obstetrics-Gynecology Nurse Practitioner)
Orthopedic Nurse Practitioner
Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
PCNP (Primary Care Nurse Practitioner)
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP)
Psychiatric Mental Health NP (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Surgical Nurse Practitioner
Travel NP (Travel Nurse Practitioner)
Urgent Care NP (Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner)
Wound Care NP (Wound Care Nurse Practitioner)
Related Careers to Consider
Related Careers to Consider
This lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to what "Nurse Practitioners" do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit. How do these related occupations align with your interests, skills, and goals?
1 - Registered Nurses
2 - Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses
3 - Clinical Nurse Specialists
4 - Family Medicine Physicians
5 - Acute Care Nurses
6 - Emergency Medicine Physicians
7 - Nurse Midwives
8 - Critical Care Nurses
9 - General Internal Medicine Physicians
10 - Physician Assistants
11 - Obstetricians and Gynecologists
12 - Pediatricians, General
13 - Paramedics
14 - Pediatric Surgeons
15 - Cardiologists
16 - Anesthesiologists
17 - Nurse Anesthetists
18 - Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
19 - Neurologists
20 - Psychiatrists

Step 4 of 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated)

This section contains detailed resources appropriate to "Nurse Practitioners". Explore these resources to start learning more. Links are constantly updated, so bookmark this page.

Videos

Here is a listing of videos related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.


Resumes

Here are resources that allow you to see example resumes for this occupation. It may be helpful to see examples from others who have this type of experience.


Job Description

Here are resources that provide job descriptions, which are vital for resume and interview preparation.


Interviews

There are many great resources that can help guide you through the interview process. These links provide help in preparing and performing an effective interview, specific to this occupation.


Salary Data

Here are links to help you identify salary ranges for this occupation. These data are necessary prior to effective salary negotiations.


Raises

Here are resources that help you to prepare to ask for a raise. These links will help you to prepare for the salary negotiation process.


Jobs

Here are resources that lead to links for actual jobs related to "Nurse Practitioners". Use these links to find a job.


Jobs

Here are resources that lead to links for actual jobs related to "Nurse Practitioners". Use these links to find a job.


Classifieds

There are various sources for job classified ads. These links should help get you started to find a job for this occupation.


Step-by-Step

Here are links to help guide you, step-by-step, to become a(n): Nurse Practitioners


Career Change

Here are resources to help you prepare for a career change. It is helpful to look carefully at the information provided in Section 3: Career Change (detailed previously on this page) prior to using these links. There is much to learn ...


LinkedIn®

Here are links to various posts and groups from LinkedIn ® that relate to this occupation. Great way to start building professional contacts in the field that might be most appropriate for you.


Career Path

Here are links to various resources to help you explore the career path related to the "Nurse Practitioners" occupation.






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