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Nurse Practitioners. A Nurse Practitioner is a registered nurse (RN) who also has a Masterâs degree and clinical experience. The NP may work independently or as a member of a health care team. He or she helps to educate patients, with a focus on health maintenance, counseling, and disease prevention.
What is the difference between a physician and a nurse practitioner? The short answer is that doctors study diseases and how to cure them while nurses and nurse practitioners study people and how to heal them. The more detailed answer is that a physician is a person with formal education and training in medicine, i.e. the treatment of diseases using drugs, procedures and/or surgery.