Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Vs MD

Differences between psychiatric nurse practitioner and md duties and responsibilities

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Example Responsibilities.

• Lead quality assessment of client's QA / QC processes, organizations, and test environments.
• Manage outpatient pacemaker and ICD interrogations and remote transmission follow-ups.
• Manage pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of diabetes and provide prescriptions and education before discharge from the hospital.
• Obtain necessary certifications, including child abuse clearance, CPR, and nonviolent crisis intervention training.
• Perform rapid triage, psychiatric nursing assessment and medication administration.
• Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patients to provide information on general physical condition and mental disorder.
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MD Example Responsibilities.

• Manage the office regarding Clia and OSHA laws and regulations
• Manage on call pager for after hours triage and urgent matters while staying in complete communication with the physician.
• Manage patient files by making new charts, keying all encounters through ICD-9 coding procedures and posting in patient database.
• Operate electrocardiograph (EKG), call to schedule test for patients and routine office visits.
• Back office responsibilities include rooming patients, obtaining vitals, chief complaint and documenting into EMR system.
• Assist physicians in exams rooms, administer intramuscular injections and perform venipuncture on adult and pediatric patients.
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