Womens Health Nurse Practitioner

Job Description
Participate as a clinic team member in the delivery of care and services to patients. This includes meeting or exceeding standards for productivity, quality of patient care and risk management.

· Demonstrate critical thinking and diagnostic skills in clinical decision making

· Obtains a comprehensive health history database

· Assess for evidence of domestic violence or sexual abuse

· Performs comprehensive physical assessment

· Recognizes emergency situations and initiates emergency care procedures and tests

· Develops and analyses differential diagnoses based on clinical and laboratory data

· Orders, performs, and interprets screening and diagnostic procedures and tests

· Recommends diagnostic and therapeutic interventions with attention to safety, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness

· Prescribes medications as regulated by the individual state nurse practice acts and educates the client regarding the drug regimens, interactions, and side effects

· Incorporates non-pharmacological therapies into practice