Nurse Practitioner
Rhode IslandActive
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- None
Provides basic primary health care utilizing independent knowledge of physical assessment and management of health care and illnesses. The practice includes prescriptive privileges and includes collaboration with other licensed health care professionals, such as physicians, pharmacists, dentists, and nurses.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- RI Department of Health
- Division
- Health Professions Regulation
- Address
- 3 Capitol Hill Room 104 Providence, RI 02908
- Phone
- (401) 222-2828
- Agency website
- https://health.ri.gov/licenses/
- Licence page
- https://health.ri.gov/licenses/detail.php?id=231
- Last updated
- August 10, 2023
Occupations (O*NET)
- Registered Nurse 29-1141.00
- Clinical Nurse Specialist 29-1141.04
- Nurse Practitioner 29-1171.00
Source and verification
This record is Rhode Island's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
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