Internal medicine nurse practitioner vs palliative care nurse practitioner

Differences between internal medicine nurse practitioner and palliative care 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.

Palliative care nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Evaluate and manage physical, intellectual, emotional, social & spiritual needs of veterans with serious illnesses.
• Manage acute rehabilitation and skil care inpatient population following orthopedic surgery until discharge.
• Prepare monthly re-certification audits for bi-weekly IDT meeting with MD.
• Utilize several different EMR systems for all of the various patient locations.
• Administer intravenous therapy, blood transfusions, total parenteral nutrition, EKG testing.
• Answer patient calls chart in EMR note and direct patient to MD or correct recipient.
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