Nurse clinician vs physician assistant

Differences between nurse clinician and physician assistant duties and responsibilities

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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Physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage a variety of acute and chronic conditions especially asthma, allergies, injuries, and infectious diseases.
• Manage chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, ASCVD, chronic back and joint pains, depression, and anxiety.
• Manage patient surgical care throughout the continuum of care from pre-op, to discharge planning, including ambulatory and hospital in-patients.
• Attain pertinent history & physicals for obstetrics and gynecological acute and preventative visits.
• Work closely with patients to manage their depression and anxiety beginning with initial diagnosis to med-initiation and follow-up care.
• Aid in the acute management of trauma patients including obtaining appropriate studies, suturing, and CPR.
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