Obstetrics-gynecology nurse practitioner vs palliative care nurse practitioner

Differences between obstetrics-gynecology nurse practitioner and palliative care nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Obstetrics-gynecology 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.
• Conduct review and analysis of pathology reports, mammography reports, and pelvic/obstetrical ultrasound reports.
• Prescribe age-specific physical therapy and rehabilitation.
• Perform EKGs, train staff to use EKG machine.
• Perform EKG's and assist MD with stress test and flexible sigmoidoscopy.
• 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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