Certified nurse practitioner vs palliative care nurse practitioner

Differences between certified nurse practitioner and palliative care nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Certified nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage patients with multiple complex medical conditions while collaborating with multiple specialties and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Provide total care of patients recovering from amputations, cerebral vascular accidents, spinal cord injury/surgery and joint replacements.
• Position require assessment, diagnosis, work-up and interpretation of diagnostics, in addition to effectively communicating with all physicians.
• Perform history and physical exam upon admission including dictation of findingsfollow by discharge summaries.

Palliative care nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Evaluate and manage physical, intellectual, emotional, social & spiritual needs of veterans with serious illnesses.
• Manage acute rehabilitation and skil care inpatient population following orthopedic surgery until discharge.
• Prepare monthly re-certification audits for bi-weekly IDT meeting with MD.
• Utilize several different EMR systems for all of the various patient locations.
• Administer intravenous therapy, blood transfusions, total parenteral nutrition, EKG testing.
• Answer patient calls chart in EMR note and direct patient to MD or correct recipient.
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