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nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs

What nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

Coursework for nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs develop a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

This major prepares you for careers needing nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• Medicine and Dentistry — Importance 4.8 / 5; level 5.6 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.3 / 5; level 5.3 / 7.
• Biology — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.0 / 7.
• Psychology — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.7 / 7.
• Customer and Personal Service — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 5.7 / 7.

^{Importance is rated 1–5; level is 1–7. Source: ONET Online — weighted across related occupations.*}

Skills

The skill set emphasized by a nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Reading Comprehension — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Complex Problem Solving — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Critical Thinking — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Active Learning — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.

Abilities

Innate abilities most relevant to nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Inductive Reasoning — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• Problem Sensitivity — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5 / 7.
• Oral Expression — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Written Expression — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.2 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Documenting/Recording Information	4.7 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.6 / 7
Getting Information	4.6 / 7
Assisting and Caring for Others	4.5 / 7
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	4.5 / 7
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events	4.3 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.3 / 7
Analyzing Data or Information	4.3 / 7
Processing Information	4.2 / 7
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others	4.2 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
eClinicalWorks EHR software	Medical software	—
MicroFour PracticeStudio.NET EMR	Medical software	—
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems EMR	Medical software	—
Microsoft SharePoint	Document management software	—
Allscripts Professional EHR	Medical software	—
Texas Medical Software SpringCharts EMR	Medical software	—
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	—
e-MDs software	Medical software	—
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Internet browser software	—
PCC Pediatric Partner	Medical software	—
Amkai AmkaiCharts	Medical software	—
Medical condition coding software	Medical software	—

^{Source: ONET Online technology skills, weighted across related occupations.*}

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs graduates include:

• Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
• Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioner
• Family Practice Certified Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
• Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
• Gastroenterology Nurse Practitioner
• Travel NP (Travel Nurse Practitioner)
• Advanced Practice Nurse (APN)
• Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner
• Gerontological Nurse Practitioner
• Electrophysiology Nurse Practitioner
• FNP (Family Practice Nurse Practitioner)
• Family Health Nurse Practitioner
• Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
• General Surgery NP (General Surgery Nurse Practitioner)
• Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs graduates, the typical level of education actually held by current workers is distributed as:

Education Level	Share of Workers
Master’s degree	65.2%
Doctoral degree	26.1%
Post-doctoral training	4.3%
Bachelor’s degree	4.3%

^{Source: ONET Online education / training / experience requirements.*}

Related Programs

You may also be interested in these closely related fields of study:

Program	CIP Code
Professional Residency Programs	60
Dental Residency/Fellowship Programs	60.01
HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS	60.00
Medical Residency Programs	60.02
Medical Residency Programs - General Certificates	60.04
Medical Residency Programs - Subspecialty Certificates	60.05
Physician Assistant Residency/Fellowship Programs	60.09
Podiatric Medicine Residency Programs	60.06
Veterinary Residency/Fellowship Programs	60.03

References

The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students and international students. This number is then divided by the total number of students to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.