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Nurse Practitioners

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work_healthcare_practitioners/nurse_practitioners

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Children

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Child Nodes (27)

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Maintain complete and detailed records of patients' health care plans and prognoses.

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Develop treatment plans, based on scientific rationale, standards of care, and professional practice guidelines.

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Provide patients with information needed to promote health, reduce risk factors, or prevent disease or disability.

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Analyze and interpret patients' histories, symptoms, physical findings, or diagnostic information to develop appropriate diagnoses.

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Diagnose or treat complex, unstable, comorbid, episodic, or emergency conditions in collaboration with other health care providers as necessary.

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Prescribe medication dosages, routes, and frequencies, based on such patient characteristics as age and gender.

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Diagnose or treat chronic health care problems, such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

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Prescribe medications based on efficacy, safety, and cost as legally authorized.

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Recommend diagnostic or therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, cost, invasiveness, simplicity, acceptability, adherence, and efficacy.

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Detect and respond to adverse drug reactions, with special attention to vulnerable populations such as infants, children, pregnant and lactating women, or older adults.

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Diagnose or treat acute health care problems, such as illnesses, infections, or injuries.

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Counsel patients about drug regimens and possible side effects or interactions with other substances, such as food supplements, over-the-counter (OTC) medications, or herbal remedies.

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Order, perform, or interpret the results of diagnostic tests, such as complete blood counts (CBCs), electrocardiograms (EKGs), and radiographs (x-rays).

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Educate patients about self-management of acute or chronic illnesses, tailoring instructions to patients' individual circumstances.

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Maintain current knowledge of state legal regulations for nurse practitioner practice, including reimbursement of services.

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Recommend interventions to modify behavior associated with health risks.

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Consult with, or refer patients to, appropriate specialists when conditions exceed the scope of practice or expertise.

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Treat or refer patients for primary care conditions, such as headaches, hypertension, urinary tract infections, upper respiratory infections, and dermatological conditions.

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Read current literature, talk with colleagues, or participate in professional organizations or conferences to keep abreast of developments in nursing.

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Schedule follow-up visits to monitor patients or evaluate health or illness care.

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Perform routine or annual physical examinations.

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Maintain departmental policies and procedures in areas such as safety and infection control.

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Advocate for accessible health care that minimizes environmental health risks.

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Perform primary care procedures such as suturing, splinting, administering immunizations, taking cultures, and debriding wounds.

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Provide patients or caregivers with assistance in locating health care resources.

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Keep abreast of regulatory processes and payer systems, such as Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and private sources.

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Supervise or coordinate patient care or support staff activities.