Nurse Practitioner

JOB SUMMARY The NURSE PRACTITIONER is a registered nurse who has completed a Nurse Practitioner Program. Primary care concerns lie in two dimensions: (1) management of illness, and (2) promotion of health, diagnosis and technically sound treatment, personal support, patient education, use of consultants, prevention, and health maintenance. Within this framework, the Nurse Practitioner functions in collaboration with the physician in the health care setting. The Nurse Practitioner functions unde…