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(Archived) Family Nurse Practitioner Student Loan Repayment
Job Description
We are seeking a full-time Nurse
Practitioner to join our team in Coolidge, Arizona.
Detail:
· Examines patients, takes medical history, records results, and makes preliminary diagnosis of disease, illness, and injury and decides care plan, or follow-up procedures.
· Assesses patient health by interviewing patients, performing physical examinations, obtaining, updating, and studying medical histories
· Identifies short-term and long-range patient care issues that must be addressed, provide information, and recommend options and course of action
· Orders diagnostic tests such as X-rays, electrocardiograms, and blood work, and interprets test results
· Performs therapeutic procedures, such as immunizations, injections, suturing and wound care, and managing infection
· Instructs and counsels patients by describing therapeutic regimens and promoting wellness and health maintenance
· Provides continuity of care by developing and implementing patient care plans, instructing and counseling patients, and recording progress
· Works in triage and makes decisions on patient care needs
· Maintains outpatient records by documenting patient care services
· Record statistics, conduct research, and compile reports as deemed necessary by the organization
· Performs referrals to specialists as needed, writes prescriptions for medications and equipment, and performs office procedures within the scope of expertise, protocols, and available equipment
· Provides general health education regarding matters such as proper diet, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance
· Assists physician, as required, for emergency treatment and procedures that are more complex
· Instructs nurses, medical assistants, back office assistants regarding assistance with patient care
Education:
· Successful completion of an approved nurse practitioner or physician assistant program
· Current approval by the Joint Board of Medical Examiners and Board of Nursing to perform medical acts
· Must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in Arizona
· ADN, AAS degree required, master's degree preferred