Your Nurse Practitioner
For more than 30 years, Nurse Practitioners have provided quality health care services to people of all ages. Nurse Practitioners specialize in treating each patient as a whole person, not just a list of symptoms.
What is a Nurse Practitioner?
A Nurse Practitioner is a registered nurse with advanced skills, knowledge and training. He or she is educated through a special program and has broad experience in patient care. While in training, he or she is supervised directly by a physician or another experienced Nurse Practitioner.
What Are Nurse Practitioners' Areas of Specialty?
Nurse Practitioners specialize in providing health care in a variety of areas, including:
- Family and Adult Health
- Care for the Elderly
- Children's Care
- Behavioral Health
- School/College
- OB-GYN/Midwifery
- Home Health Care
- Newborn Infant Care
- Emergency Room
What Type of Services Do They Provide?
To provide complete health care, our Nurse Practitioners:
- Recognize health problems, collect medical histories and perform physical examinations, including gynecological exams
- Order and explain lab work and x-rays
- Treat both minor and serious illnesses as well as ongoing health problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure
- Prescribe and manage medications and other therapies while working with physicians and other health professionals as needed
- Provide information people need to make decisions about their health and lifestyles to enhance wellness and help prevent illness
Creating personalized programs for each patient's health is the Nurse Practitioner's goal.
Where do Nurse Practitioners Serve?
The skill and expertise of Nurse Practitioners are found everywhere quality health services are in demand. They serve in physicians' offices, hospitals, community health centers, in schools and colleges, in business and industry, in nursing homes and hospice.
Why a Nurse Practitioner?
Nurse Practitioners give personal attention to patients and are sensitive to their worries and concerns. They take the time to talk with people regarding their health problems and treatments and show them how to take care of themselves.
People seeking quality, personalized health care are finding what they need in the professional services of today's Nurse Practitioners at Carilion Clinic.
For more information about Nurse Practitioners in your area, call Carilion Clilnic at 1-800-422-8482 or 540-266-6000.
Information on this web page was provided by the American College of Nurse Practitioners and the New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner Association.
