Family nurse practitioner vs advanced registered nurse practitioner

Differences between family nurse practitioner and advanced registered nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Family nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage chronic conditions such as diabetes hypothyroidism and hypertension by following evidence base and clinical guidelines for these conditions.
• Manage acute illness and chronic health conditions including diabetes, hypertension, obesity and depression through a patient-centered, evidenced-base approach.
• Manage appropriate changes to individualize care plan to ensure cost and time efficacy in an outpatient physical medicine and rehabilitation office.
• Refer patients to specialists to provide additional care to patients whose diseases and conditions are outside the scope of FNP practice.
• Full prescriptive rights with DEA certification.
• Educate patients on side effects, complications and further planning with chemotherapy.
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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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