Community Health Nurse Practitioners in Portland, Oregon

  2. Community Health Nurse Practitioners
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  4. Portland
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.

3 Community Health Nurse Practitioners found in Portland
male nurse

Thomas S Stewart, NP

Community Health Nurse Practitioner
124 Ne 181st Ave, Suite 103, Portland, OR - 97230
503-489-1760    
female nurse

Ms. Deborah Jo Young, PMHNP

Community Health Nurse Practitioner
2415 Se 43rd Ave, Suite 100, Portland, OR - 97206
503-238-0705     503-236-7166
female nurse

Vicki K Bolton, ARNP

Community Health Nurse Practitioner
4400 Ne Halsey St Bldg 23, Portland, OR - 97213
888-227-3312    

Other Nurse Practitioners in Portland, OR: Acute Care NP94 Adult Health NP128 Critical Care Medicine NP3 Family NP474 Gerontology NP25 Neonatal, Critical Care NP4 Neonatal NP28 Nurse Practitioner NP449 Obstetrics & Gynecology NP12 Pediatrics, Critical Care NP2 Pediatrics NP98 Primary Care NP11 Psych/Mental Health NP229 School NP1 Women's Health NP39
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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