Internal medicine nurse practitioner vs neurosurgical nurse practitioner

Differences between internal medicine nurse practitioner and neurosurgical nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Internal medicine nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage continuity of care for complex general internal patients with limit resources-diabetes, hypertension, psychiatric, and homeless.
• Work cohesively with primary care doctors while functioning autonomously in daily care of patients.
• Work with collaborating physician to provide care to hospitalize patients with multiple co-morbid conditions.
• Prescribe age-specific physical therapy and rehabilitation.
• Prescribe age-specific physical therapy and rehabilitation.

Neurosurgical nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of diabetes and provide prescriptions and education before discharge from the hospital.
• Identify, assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor and perform evaluations for surgical and post- surgical patients.
• Evaluate postoperative patients and routine follow up visits in office independently.
• Skil at EKG interpretation and arrhythmia recognition and management.assist with transition and implementation of computerize provider order entry and documentation.
• Perform history and physical exam upon admission including dictation of findingsfollow by discharge summaries.