Primary Care Nurse Practitioners in North Carolina

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

Primary Care Nurse Practitioners in North Carolina

Mrs. Lana Eller, NP

Cynthia C Akpaka, DNP,APRN, FNP, PMHNP

Christina Taylor Lewis

Rhonda Michelle Messer, NP

Mrs. Nneka Ugochi Odim

Ashley Kristen Zanter, ANP-BC

Mr. Robert T Reid Jr., FNP-C, FNP-BC

Samuel Njenga

Courtney Stierwalt, NP

Paula Suzanne Kennedy-newton, MSN, AGNP-C, OCN

Lena Jooyeon Kang, AGNP-C

Alicia Mebane Mcmillan

Julianne Beach, AGPCNP-BC

Dr. Alethea Elvina Pereira, FNP

Leigh Anne Hartman

Elizabeth Anne Sclafani, NP