Physician assistant vs adult nurse practitioner

Differences between physician assistant and adult nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

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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Adult nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage continuity of care for complex general internal patients with limit resources-diabetes, hypertension, psychiatric, and homeless.
• Interview and counsele patients about risk factor modification including cholesterol education, weight loss counseling and diabetes education.
• Maintain accurate client record of patient health status through use of EMR system.
• Used EMR for patient charting, lab reports, pharmacy and refer to specialist.
• Attend various educational lectures on new medications for management of diabetes.
• Provide collaborative oversight and medical management to complex patients in skil nursing facilities, to optimize care and clinical outcomes
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