Community Health Nurse Practitioners in San Francisco, California

  2. Community Health Nurse Practitioners
  3. California
  4. San Francisco
About Community Health Nurse Practitioners: Community Health NPs: Community Health Nurse Practitioners works to improve the health and well-being of the communities they serve by educating them about illness, disease prevention, safe health practices, and how to obtain health care services. They also facilitate communication between people, their families, and the medical community in order to improve health outcomes. CHNPs work includes performing free health care screenings, vaccinations, and other forms of preventative care at reduced costs.

4 Community Health Nurse Practitioners found in San Francisco
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Ms. Alexandra B. Strough, NP, MSN

Community Health Nurse Practitioner
234 Eddy St, Housing And Urban Hlth Clinic, San Francisco, CA - 94102
415-345-0998     415-292-5048
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Ms. Rochelle Lynnette Foster, NP

Community Health Nurse Practitioner
333 Turk St, San Francisco, CA - 94102
415-885-2274     415-885-2234
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Bennett Lareau-meredith, NP

Community Health Nurse Practitioner
400 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA - 94143
415-476-1000    
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Bing Xu Foley, NP

Community Health Nurse Practitioner
1520 Stockton St, San Francisco, CA - 94133
415-637-7823    

Other Nurse Practitioners in San Francisco, CA: Acute Care NP137 Adult Health NP153 Critical Care Medicine NP15 Family NP469 Gerontology NP34 Neonatal, Critical Care NP7 Neonatal NP25 Nurse Practitioner NP659 Obstetrics & Gynecology NP18 Occupational Health NP7 Pediatrics, Critical Care NP20 Pediatrics NP100 Primary Care NP40 Psych/Mental Health NP68 School NP1 Women's Health NP29
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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