Family nurse practitioner vs nurse clinician

Differences between family nurse practitioner and nurse clinician 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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Nurse clinician example responsibilities.

• Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
• Provide high level nursing care for ER step down and ICU patients prior to transfer to critical care units.
• Instruct ACLS and BLS classes.
• Specialize care for telemetry and orthopedic patients.
• Provide specialized nursing care to ICU medical cardiac patient populations.
• Provide education regarding care of surgical patients as part of orientation to orienting telemetry nurses.
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