Compare Nurse Practitioners & Critical Care Nurses District Of Columbia

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Salary

View the mid-level salary in both your current job and your selected occupation. (Annual salaries apply to people who work full-time year-round.)

Nurse Practitioners $125,400
Critical Care Nurses $99,000

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.

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

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sociology and Anthropology
Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

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.

Persuasion
Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.

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

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

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

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

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

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.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.


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 Critical Care Nurses
Critical Care Nurses

Licensing

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Licensing for Nurse Practitioners
Nurse Practitioners

License may be required in District of Columbia

Licensing for Critical Care Nurses
Critical Care Nurses

License may be required 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 Critical Care Nurses
Critical Care Nurses

19 related certifications

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