Practitioner vs adult nurse practitioner

Differences between practitioner and adult nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of diabetes and provide prescriptions and education before discharge from the hospital.
• Provide both in-home and office-base individual therapy to clients with mental illness.
• Treat patients on a referral basis and establish active collaboration with veterinary specialists and general practitioners involve with patient care.
• Provide counsel and representation for clients on various legal matters such as civil litigation and real estate and international business transactions.
• Perform reflexology test for patients with various allergies.
• Apply yoga therapy to help clients release emotional holding patterns.
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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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