Compare Nurse Practitioners & Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary District Of Columbia

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Salary

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Nurse Practitioners $125,400
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary $100,300

Similar skills & knowledge

These skills are commonly used in both your current job and your selected occupation.

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.

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.

Service Orientation
Looking for ways to help people.

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.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Biology
Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

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.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

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.

Time Management
Managing your time and the time of other people.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

Systems Analysis
Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Philosophy and Theology
Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Coordination
Changing what is done based on other people's actions.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.


skills & knowledge Gaps

These are areas where you might have skill gaps. People working in your selected job generally need higher levels in these skill and knowledge areas than people working in your current job.

Administrative Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Nurse Practitioners
Nurse Practitioners
Low
Administrative Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Medium

Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

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Personnel and Human Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Nurse Practitioners
Nurse Practitioners
Low
Personnel and Human Resources Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Medium

Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

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Instructing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Nurse Practitioners
Nurse Practitioners
Medium
Instructing Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
High

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Education and Training Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Nurse Practitioners
Nurse Practitioners
High
Education and Training Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Very High

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.

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Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Nurse Practitioners
Nurse Practitioners

Master's degree

Typical level Of training for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Doctoral or professional degree

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Licensing

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Licensing for Nurse Practitioners
Nurse Practitioners

License may be required in District of Columbia

Licensing for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

Certifications help you get ahead or qualify for different jobs. You usually have to pass a test to earn one, and then you can show employers that you have the skills and knowledge needed to do well on the job.

Certification for Nurse Practitioners
Nurse Practitioners

36 related certifications

Certification for Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

3 related certifications

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