Family nurse practitioner vs general practitioner

Differences between family nurse practitioner and general 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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General practitioner example responsibilities.

• Shadow and note specific medical cases as well as participated in patient diagnosis and treatment plan discussions
• Evaluate a variety of medical conditions and afflictions, including making comprehensive diagnosis and specifying treatment plans.
• Serve as initial contact to hospital patients; conduct thorough patient assessments and coordinate referrals to appropriate physicians base on findings
• Assist in major elective and emergency surgeries such as appendectomies, exploratory laparotomy, thyroid surgery, hysterectomy and cesarean operations.
• Collect and dispatch blood samples according to national malaria eradication and sputum samples for national tuberculosis control program.