Emergency medicine nurse practitioner vs palliative care nurse practitioner

Differences between emergency medicine nurse practitioner and palliative care nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Emergency medicine nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Assess, diagnose and medically manage patients with various GI diseases and dysfunctions
• Provide appropriate patient care including recording patients' medical history and physical assessment.
• Work on development and implementation of new EMR system, competent in CPOE.
• Prescribe age-specific physical therapy and rehabilitation.
• Prescribe age-specific physical therapy and rehabilitation.

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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