No a NP is not trained to do surgery, you need a qualified physician but many doctors have a NP assist during C-sections.
Family Nurse Practitioner-Certified
FNP-C stands for Family Nurse Practitioner. WHNP stands for Women's Health Nurse Practitioner.
Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner - Certified.
Advanced -Registered - Nurse - Practitioner...Certified. I think!
FNP, for those that don't know is Family Nurse Practitioner.The -C means Certified.So they are a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner.
No. Midwives attend normal, low-risk deliveries. If a client requires a cesarean section, a midwife will refer her to an obstetrician, a surgeon trained in medicalized childbirth. A nurse-midwife may attend the surgery, but in the same capacity as a nurse, not as the primary provider.
A PA is a Physician Assistant, the C means that a national certification exam was taken and passed. An NP is a Nurse Practitioner.
LPN
C-sections can be requested, but they are medically unnecessary
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Practitioner
After obtaining your RN (about 2-3 years) you work as an RN for 1 year at the least and go back and take more nursing classes. For another 2 years you will be studying to become an ARNP. After this you will be an ARNP and could obtain your ARNP-C (Certified Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner). Hope I could Help!