Clinical physician assistant vs advanced registered nurse practitioner

Differences between clinical physician assistant and advanced registered nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Clinical physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Implement and manage cardiology internship college course.
• Work closely with patients to manage their depression and anxiety beginning with initial diagnosis to med-initiation and follow-up care.
• Complete nursing assessments, complete care plans, perform ADL's, utilize lifts, alarms and transfer patients safely.
• Care for multiple patients in a fast pace setting and provide total care including all treatments, medications and ADL's.
• Perform tracheostomy care and suctioning for ventilator dependent patients.
• Provide physical therapy services in the inpatient rehabilitation unit and oncology floor.
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Advanced registered nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage patients requiring rehabilitation with multiple co-morbidity conditions.
• Provide continuous telemetry monitoring and managing multiple patients with multiple high-risk medical conditions, utilizing interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Coordinate medical care during inpatient drug and alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation.
• Care include physical examination, ordering appropriate labs/x-rays/medication, wind repair and forming an assessment/diagnosis to disposition the patients.
• Complete annual examinations including providing women s health examinations and preventative health care education to patients from diverse backgrounds.
• Facilitate communication between specialists in neurology, neurosurgery, radiation, oncology, medical oncology, facial plastics, and others.
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