Cardiology nurse practitioner vs neurosurgical nurse practitioner

Differences between cardiology nurse practitioner and neurosurgical nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Cardiology nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Use AllScripts EMR in managing patient care and provide solo coverage of practice as needed.
• Work in collaboration with physicians providing physicals, admitting, managing, and discharging patients with cardiovascular disease.
• Transfer patient to ICU, CCU, or NICU.
• Provide emergency care and support utilizing BLS or ACLS protocols.
• Assess, diagnose and treat acute and chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension.
• Advance and rapid ECG interpretation is essential in this triage.
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Neurosurgical nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of diabetes and provide prescriptions and education before discharge from the hospital.
• Identify, assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor and perform evaluations for surgical and post- surgical patients.
• Evaluate postoperative patients and routine follow up visits in office independently.
• Skil at EKG interpretation and arrhythmia recognition and management.assist with transition and implementation of computerize provider order entry and documentation.
• Perform history and physical exam upon admission including dictation of findingsfollow by discharge summaries.