“What is the educational difference between a nurse and nurse practitioner?”

Thank you for the question
Just consider Nurse as an umbrella Term.
LPN- Licensed Practical Nurses- graduated from vocational nursing school and took the board exam
RN- Registered Nurses- Educationally, they have either an Associate's or a BSN and passed the board exam.
Nurse Practitioners- Educationally prepared either at the Master's or doctoral level, and they are board-certified.
All of them are nurses, but their roles and specialties differ based on their educational preparation.

Hi there...great question!!! There are different degrees for a RN. You can be an associate degree RN or a BSN (bachelor science in nursing) RN. In order to be a nurse practitioner, you must have a BSN before and then you continue for 2 more years on average to earn a MSN (masters of science in nursing). This is an average of 6 years of full time school. So a nurse practitioner is a masters degreed nurse, who then has extra privileges that are delegated like prescribing pharmaceuticals, ordering tests, interpreting labs results, performing procedures, etc based on additional training and delegating orders.

A brief answer: An RN may have an ADN or BSN degree and have attended Nursing school. While an NP in an RN who also has a Master's Degree, and taken multiple high level classes in A&P, pharmacology, patient care including a minimum of 750 hours in clinical practice working under a Preceptor