Adult Health Nurse Practitioners in Raleigh, North Carolina

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About Adult Health Nurse Practitioners: Adult Health NPs: Adult Health Nurse Practitioners can evaluate, diagnose patients overall wellness, and conditions such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, sports injuries, and other ailments. ANPs can see patients and promote healthy living and wellness. They can perform physical examinations, order and interpret tests, prescribe medications and treatments, and can also provide education and counseling to patients on wellness strategies and disease prevention.

82 Adult Health Nurse Practitioners found in Raleigh
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Mrs. Claire Reynolds Behringer, NP-C

Adult Health Nurse Practitioner
3404 Wake Forest Rd. Ste 202, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Raleigh, NC - 27609
919-576-8000     919-576-8802
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Gwen Dodson, ANP

Adult Health Nurse Practitioner
250 Hospice Cir, Raleigh, NC - 27607
919-828-0890     919-719-0395

Other Nurse Practitioners in Raleigh, NC: Acute Care NP55 Community Health NP1 Critical Care Medicine NP4 Family NP336 Gerontology NP20 Neonatal, Critical Care NP11 Neonatal NP23 Nurse Practitioner NP296 Obstetrics & Gynecology NP1 Pediatrics NP59 Perinatal NP1 Primary Care NP21 Psych/Mental Health NP66 Women's Health NP27
Nurse Practitioner (NPs) are also referred as an ARNP (Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner) or APRN (Advanced Practice Registered Nurse). Nurse Practitioners have more authority than registered nurses(RNs) and have similar responsibilities to that of a doctor. They can serve as a primary care or specialty care providers and typically focus their care on a specific population such as families, children, or the elderly. NPs can be specialized in various fields like Cardiology, Emergency, Family practice, Geriatrics, Neonatology, Nephrology, Oncology, Pediatrics, Primary care, Psychiatry, School health, Women's health. NPs provides a broad range of health care services, which includes:
  • Taking the person's history, performing a physical exam, and ordering laboratory tests and procedures.
  • Diagnosing, treating, and managing diseases.
  • Writing prescriptions and coordinating referrals.
  • Providing education on disease prevention and healthy lifestyles.
  • Performing certain procedures, such as a bone marrow biopsy or lumbar puncture.
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