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nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs

Instructional content for this group of programs is defined in codes 60.0701 - 60.0799. These CIP codes are not valid for IPEDS reporting.

What nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs Majors Need to Know

Studies in 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

According to O*NET, a major in 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 built by a nurse practitioner residency/fellowship programs program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Active Listening — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.9 / 7.
• 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.
• Social Perceptiveness — Importance 4 / 5; level 4.6 / 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.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5 / 7.
• Problem Sensitivity — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.1 / 7.
• Deductive Reasoning — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.4 / 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
Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR	Medical software	—
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems EMR	Medical software	—
SOAPware EMR	Medical software	—
Microsoft Outlook	Electronic mail software	—
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
MEDITECH software	Medical software	—
Medical procedure coding software	Medical software	—
Microsoft PowerPoint	Presentation software	—
SynaMed EMR	Medical software	—
Microsoft Excel	Spreadsheet software	—
Microsoft Office software	Office suite software	—
GE Healthcare Centricity EMR	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:

• PCNP (Primary Care Nurse Practitioner)
• Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP)
• Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner
• Internal Medicine Nurse Practitioner
• General Surgery NP (General Surgery Nurse Practitioner)
• Adult Nurse Practitioner
• Gastroenterology Nurse Practitioner
• OB-GYN NP (Obstetrics-Gynecology Nurse Practitioner)
• Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
• Psychiatric Mental Health NP (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner)
• Urgent Care NP (Urgent Care Nurse Practitioner)
• Surgical Nurse Practitioner
• Certified Nurse Practitioner
• Nurse Practitioner (NP)
• Women’s Health Care Nurse Practitioner

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	Annual Degrees Awarded
Professional Residency Programs	—
Dental Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
HEALTH PROFESSIONS RESIDENCY/FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS	—
Medical Residency Programs	—
Medical Residency Programs - General Certificates	—
Medical Residency Programs - Subspecialty Certificates	—
Physician Assistant Residency/Fellowship Programs	—
Podiatric Medicine Residency Programs	—
Veterinary Residency/Fellowship Programs	—

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.