Surgical nurse practitioner vs neurosurgical nurse practitioner

Differences between surgical nurse practitioner and neurosurgical nurse practitioner duties and responsibilities

Surgical 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.
• Work in cancer screening to include screening of skin, gyn, breast, and prostate.
• Educate the patients on their treatment plans including any necessary or recommend disciplines within the multidisciplinary team.
• Conduct chart reviews and focused/comprehensive history and physical examinations on patients prior to undergoing surgery in the main operating room.
• Prescribe age-specific physical therapy and rehabilitation.
• Prescribe age-specific physical therapy and rehabilitation.

Neurosurgical nurse practitioner example responsibilities.

• Manage pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of diabetes and provide prescriptions and education before discharge from the hospital.
• Identify, assess, plan, implement, coordinate, monitor and perform evaluations for surgical and post- surgical patients.
• Evaluate postoperative patients and routine follow up visits in office independently.
• Skil at EKG interpretation and arrhythmia recognition and management.assist with transition and implementation of computerize provider order entry and documentation.
• Perform history and physical exam upon admission including dictation of findingsfollow by discharge summaries.