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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.	details Currently Employed: 600 Projected Annual Job Openings: 70 Typical Hourly Wage: $50.82 - $61.68 Typical Annual Salary: $105,700 - $128,300 See Job Listings (71) Find Businesses	typical training Typical education needed for entry:Master's degree Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation:No work experience Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation:No on-the-job training Find Training
typical job duties Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses. Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines. Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability. Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses. Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies, based on such patient characteristics as age and gender. Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary. Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized. Diagnose or treat chronic health care problems, such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Recommend diagnostic or therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy. Detect and respond to adverse drug reactions, with special attention to vulnerable populations such as infants, children, pregnant and lactating women, or older adults.	tools & technology Tools: Cardiac output CO monitoring units Cardiac pacemaker generators or cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers CRT-P Diagnostic or interventional vascular catheters for general use Medical or surgical suction or vacuum appliances Surgical lasers Technology: Cloud-based data access and sharing software Data base user interface and query software Electronic mail software Internet browser software Medical software	more info Explore Careers Salary Info Resumes + Applications Employer Research