Community Health Nurse Practitioners in Houston, Texas

  2. Community Health Nurse Practitioners
  3. Texas
  4. Houston
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.

2 Community Health Nurse Practitioners found in Houston
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Hope N Miller

Community Health Nurse Practitioner
1435 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX - 77006
713-520-2338     888-919-8234
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Patricia A Crabtrey, FNP-C

Community Health Nurse Practitioner
1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX - 77030
713-792-6161    

Other Nurse Practitioners in Houston, TX: Acute Care NP584 Adult Health NP249 Critical Care Medicine NP37 Family NP2058 Gerontology NP184 Neonatal, Critical Care NP27 Neonatal NP90 Nurse Practitioner NP1329 Obstetrics & Gynecology NP16 Occupational Health NP2 Pediatrics, Critical Care NP37 Pediatrics NP236 Perinatal NP2 Primary Care NP89 Psych/Mental Health NP309 School NP2 Women's Health NP90
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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