Ask an NP – Difference between Acute and Primary NP Role

00:01 So there are different practice areas for nurse practitioners.

00:04 Acute Care Nurse Practitioners practice mainly in the hospital or perhaps a specialty clinic that is affiliated with a hospital.

00:11 A Primary Care Nurse Practitioner is generally going to be set up in a clinic and they are going to be doing kind of the day to day management.

00:19 There's a little bit of overlap with what a primary care nurse practitioner and an acute care nurse practitioner can do.

00:26 But generally primary care is to maintain health and an acute care nurse practitioner is trying to restore the health of someone who has become ill or injured.