Certified physician assistant vs adult nurse practitioner

Differences between certified physician assistant and adult nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Certified physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Work closely with patients to manage their depression and anxiety beginning with initial diagnosis to med-initiation and follow-up care.
• Provide bio-identical hormone replacement therapy to select patients and provide coordination of patient care in a rural primary care setting.
• Perform comprehensive history and physical exams and provide a multidisciplinary care plan for patients suffering from acute and chronic pain.
• Perform suturing repair for laceration repairs.
• Work in an outpatient orthopedic clinic with emphasis on physical medicine, rehabilitation of both chronic and acute orthopedic conditions.
• Document all procedures via dictation or handwritten in patient chart.

Adult nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage continuity of care for complex general internal patients with limit resources-diabetes, hypertension, psychiatric, and homeless.
• Interview and counsele patients about risk factor modification including cholesterol education, weight loss counseling and diabetes education.
• Maintain accurate client record of patient health status through use of EMR system.
• Used EMR for patient charting, lab reports, pharmacy and refer to specialist.
• Attend various educational lectures on new medications for management of diabetes.
• Provide collaborative oversight and medical management to complex patients in skil nursing facilities, to optimize care and clinical outcomes
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