Family Nurse Practitioners in Alaska

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.

Patients can choose nurses subspeciality from below:

Nurse Practitioners

Nurse Anesthetists

Family Nurse Practitioners in Alaska

Curea Sallee, FNP-C

Janet Whatley, ANP

Anna Fath

Kathi M. Stevens, FNP-C

Christi J Schmitz, FNP-C

Karen Jayne O'block, ANP

Kathryn Baker, MSN, FNP-C

Chad Brian Gooderham, FNP

Emily Jean Lugdon, FNP-C APRN

Lorna D Newman-hill

Heather Guess, FNP

Rebekah Macon, FNP

Linda Gail Berry, FNP

Rebecca Lou Sturdevant, MSN, APRN

Ms. Cathy Anne Desanto, ANP

Kippen Marshall Jacobson, NP C