Neonatal nurse practitioner vs family nurse practitioner

Differences between neonatal nurse practitioner and family nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Neonatal nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage appropriate changes to individualize care plan to ensure cost and time efficacy in an outpatient physical medicine and rehabilitation office.
• Provide management for critically ill infants and resuscitation for high-risk newborns in the delivery room in collaboration with attending physician
• Educate patients' families about self-management of acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to infants' individual circumstances.
• Participate in education of pediatric residents in learning newborn resuscitation and outreach education of community/referral hospitals regarding newborn care and stabilization.
• Prescribe age-specific physical therapy and rehabilitation.
• Prescribe age-specific physical therapy and rehabilitation.

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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