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- Administers or orders diagnostic tests, such as x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests
- Develops comprehensive plans of care
- Examines clients to obtain information about their physical condition
- Instructs and counsels clients about prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance
- Interprets diagnostic test results for deviations from normal
- Makes tentative diagnoses and decisions about management and treatment of clients
- Obtains compiles and records client medical data, including health history, progress notes and results of physical examination
- Performs therapeutic procedures, such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, and infection management
- Prescribes therapy or medication with physician approval
- Visits and observes clients on hospital rounds or house calls, updating charts, ordering therapy, and reporting back to physician
- May supervise support and/or lower level employees Technical Competencies:
- Knowledge of assessment tools, interviewing, and physical examination techniques
- Ability to formulate diagnosis based on examination and test results; Able to interpret test results, identify deviations from norms, and intervene or make appropriate referrals
- Ability to assess, plan for, and provide basic nursing skills; knows procedures
- Ability to prescribe certain medications as part of a treatment plan gaining physician approval when needed
Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant - Savannah, United States - GeorgiaGov
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Georgia Regional Hospital, located in Savannah Georgia, is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
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