Family nurse practitioner vs family physician

Differences between family nurse practitioner and family physician 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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Family physician example responsibilities.

• Manage complicated and often difficult to control chronic medical conditions in patients with limit resources.
• Examine patients, using medical instruments and equipment; elicit and record information about patient's medical history.
• Perform hematology, chemistry and immunology screen test to provide immediate results for diagnosis.
• Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service
• Case, endotracheal intubation and artificial mechanical ventilation to which it require, bladder catheterizations rectal and nasogastric.