Nurse Practitioners salary in Boston, Massachusetts

Salary distribution

Where Boston nurse practitioners fall on the wage curve.

Typical entry

• Education

  Master's degree

• Experience

  Internship/residency

• On-the-job training

  None

Top skills (O*NET)

• Medicine and Dentistry

  Knowledge

  4.8 / 5

• English Language

  Knowledge

  4.3 / 5

• Inductive Reasoning

  Ability

  4.3 / 5

• Written Comprehension

  Ability

  4.3 / 5

• Problem Sensitivity

  Ability

  4.3 / 5

• Biology

  Knowledge

  4.2 / 5

• Psychology

  Knowledge

  4.2 / 5

• Customer and Personal Service

  Knowledge

  4.1 / 5

Common tasks (O*NET)

1. 01

   Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.

2. 02

   Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.

3. 03

   Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.

4. 04

   Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.

5. 05

   Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary.

6. 06

   Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies, based on such patient characteristics as age and gender.

7. 07

   Diagnose or treat chronic health care problems, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

8. 08

   Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized.