Nurse Practitioners (NP) are Masters Degree Professionals with higher education, years of hands on clinical and hospital experience with advanced competency training in various areas of health care. An NPs scope of practice is encompasses skills, competencies and capabilities that were, at one time, solely within the domain of medical doctors. Like medical doctors, NPs diagnose diseases and other physical and mental health conditions, prescribe medications including opioids and other schedule one medications, issue requisitions for diagnostic testing and blood work as well as conducting minor office procedures like excisions and suturing- this list of capabilities is not exhaustive.  

Like any other medical professionals, Nurse Practitioners have introductory competencies upon graduation, with additional skills and competencies acquired through experience and successive education/ training. For example, setting broken bones or managing chronic and acute pain with opioids.

This is a synopsis of NP care- how we compare, and differentiate from our professional colleagues, medical doctors and registered nurses. NPs are unique health care professionals in that we have the best of both worlds, we are first and foremost nurses, with our own unique experience and knowledge attained as Registered Nurses and we are NPs, the ability to diagnose, prescribe, treat and refer to specialists. The combination of nursing and medical training is distinctive and unique to NPs- holistic care while nurturing the therapeutic relationship with compassion and empathy, synergistically utilizing medical treatments and therapies when appropriate to heal for better health and wellbeing. Our mission is to ensure your receive great care, your health improves to its optimum functioning, living and feeling your best.